JL;DR SUMMARY In this podcast episode titled "The What is Israeli? Edition," Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, and Noah Efron explore various topics including the recent coalition agreement between PM Netanyahu and Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz, the public sentiment towards COVID-19 deaths in Israel compared to other countries, and the concept of Israeli identity as the country celebrates its 72nd birthday. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

• At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
• This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
• Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
• But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
• And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.