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The Soviet Union and the Great Industrial God
I was going through some archive material about the war on Judaism waged by communist Jews in the early Soviet Union — posters, magazine covers, variou…
Yasha Levine
Sep 13
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The Old Country
I come from simple old country Jewish stock. We’ve been bouncing around lands that’ve changed a lot of hands over the years.
Yasha Levine
Sep 11
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A good omen?
We left Nayarit and got to Mexico City a few days ago, sleep deprived and haggard from the travel, wondering if moving around the country with a five m…
Yasha Levine
Sep 3
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Afghanistan and the weaponized immigrant life cycle
Damn, the tarmac videos from America’s retreat from Kabul are gnarly. The chaotic rush by locals for transport planes, with US Marines shooting into th…
Yasha Levine
Aug 18
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Escape from LA
...and a Pistachio Wars update.
Yasha Levine
Aug 14
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Moving out
We’ve been getting ready to move out of our apartment at the end of the month — part of the settlement we reached with our asshole landlord after he tr…
Yasha Levine
Jul 28
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An immigrant living through American decline
Turns out I’m a “saved” immigrant who’s not content with American society. And that’s not an immigrant story that anyone in America really wants to hea…
Yasha Levine
Jul 19
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The Soviet Jew & good riddance Los Feliz
Listen now | We record our last ep from our pandemic baby nest.
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Yasha Levine
Jul 17
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The Soviet Jew: A Weaponized Immigrant’s Tale
A serialized book by Yasha Levine
Yasha Levine
Jul 14
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The Personal is Political
The Soviet Union is long gone. But we Soviet immigrants continue to be useful tools — trophies that can be paraded around as living examples of America…
Yasha Levine
Jul 14
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Victims of Communism
“I sat there surrounded by rightwingers and liberals and various bland fans of fascism, it was weird to think that saving Jews and saving Nazis could b…
Yasha Levine
Jul 9
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Joe Costello on Energy and Democracy
I’m working on the introduction to The Soviet Jew, which I hope I’ll be sending out next week or so. In the meantime, I’d like to reprint an essay my f…
Yasha Levine
Jul 4
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