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In Bed With The Right: Midge Decter with Matt Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell

The Feminist Present

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Neo-Conservatism: A Jew's Journey to New York City

Midge Dector was a Jew from the Midwest who came to New York City in the 1940s. Her parents were Zionists, but being a Zionist in the 1920s and teens was not like being a Zionist today. She met her first husband, Moisha Dector, in that time. He ended up becoming much more well-known for advocating on behalf of Soviet Jews as an opponent of communism.

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