JL;DR SUMMARY Morris Rosenfeld's poignant poem, published in the Forverts in 1911, reflects the deep anguish and fear experienced by Jewish immigrant families following a tragic factory fire in Newark, paralleling the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in the same era. 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'.