The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family

Ruben’s parents come to visit for Thanksgiving. Edith prepares the traditional Thanksgiving food from already-prepared boxes. During dessert, Alter, Ruben’s father, asks Judy, whom he calls Judele, about her college applications. Judy’s most recent essay is about fairness, which triggers a tirade from Alter against the idea of fairness, the USA, universities, and the educated. He uses his own history and religion to illustrate unfairness in the world. He presents Judy with a hypothetical about what she would do if the Ku Klux Klan instigated a pogrom against the Jews. To whom would she turn for help? His answer is that Jews can only trust family and other Jews. This makes Judy laugh, and Alter threatens to cut her nose off.

That night, Ruben has a dream wherein he escorts Judy through what is at times Corbin University and at others Corbindale High School. In one room, some of Judy’s friends are being tortured and questioned. He and Judy make it to his office, where Jabotinsky sits. He questions Judy about her C, and if she is ready to follow orders and di, rather than surrender information. She says she is. Jabotinsky then asks Ruben, as a fellow committee member, if he has any questions.