JL;DR SUMMARY Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, Sally Abed, and Noah Efron discuss Israel's recent elections, focusing on the surprising success of the Islamicist Raam party, the presence of Kahanists in the Knesset, the performances of various political figures like Benny Gantz, Gideon Saar, Naftali Bennett, the Labor Party, Meretz, and Yair Lapid, and the implications for Israel's future and societal values. 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'.