JL;DR SUMMARY In this article, the author discusses the use of the term "pogrom" to describe the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel and other similar massacres throughout history, such as the SantAnna di Stazzema massacre in Italy and the East St. Louis race riot in the US. 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'.