Ten Commandments for American Middle East Policy
Iran is a de-facto caliphate.
May 10, 2017
And a fictive marriage that never took place.
As a teenager in a New Jersey suburb, Jonathan Feldstein heard about a program to “twin” young American Jews with Soviet Jews of the same age, but was disappointed to learn he was too old to participate. Already devoted to the cause of aiding the Jews of the USSR, he contacted the program’s sponsoring organization and soon found himself corresponding with a young Muscovite named Kate (Katya) Shtein whose parents were refuseniks. Feldstein recounts his quest to get Shtein—and those like her—to America:
Iran is a de-facto caliphate.
Anti-Zionist Ḥasidim who leave Israel for Guatemala? Settler-colonialists!
A whole institution dedicated to lying, particularly about the rights of the state of Israel.
Reading Marjorie Morningstar in the synagogue on Sabbath afternoons.
And a fictive marriage that never took place.
As a teenager in a New Jersey suburb, Jonathan Feldstein heard about a program to “twin” young American Jews with Soviet Jews of the same age, but was disappointed to learn he was too old to participate. Already devoted to the cause of aiding the Jews of the USSR, he contacted the program’s sponsoring organization and soon found himself corresponding with a young Muscovite named Kate (Katya) Shtein whose parents were refuseniks. Feldstein recounts his quest to get Shtein—and those like her—to America:
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