Joshua Rubenstein presents the life and works of Leon TrotskyMr. Rubenstein was Northeast Regional Director, Amnesty International USA 1975 - 2012 and is an Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard UniversityMr. Rubenstein's works include:Leon Trotsky: A Revolutionary’s Life, Jewish Lives series at Yale University Press. Soviet Dissidents, Their Struggle for Human Rights and Tangled Loyalties.The Life and Times of Ilya Ehrenburg.Co-editor of Stalin's Secret Pogrom: The Postwar Inquisition of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee.Co-editor of The KGB File of Andrei Sakharov.Mr. Rubenstein was awarded the National Jewish Book Award, East European Studies What was Trotsky’s childhood like?• Raised in Southern Russia / Ukraine not in Pale• Father was a very successful farmer• Claimed that his parent did not peak Yiddish• Attended a Cheder for 3 months• No emotional connection to Jewish people & religion• Driven by fanatical belief in revolution• But, visceral reaction to physical attacks on Jews 

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