My wife called a while ago and said that yes, we were indeed going to have Rosh Hashanah dinner with certain friends. I was specifically invited by the wife, who said that my wife could bring “your husband and his Republican attitude”. Apparently nearly the entire family are conservatives — which isn’t really surprising, given that the wife is Russian and her husband is Persian. The husband’s family came here before the Shah abdicated, to expand their import/export business, with the last members of the family escaping before the Khomeinists (spit) took power and confiscated their property and businesses.
Since then they have rebuilt their rug and jewelry businesses from scratch. They are wonderful people, and even the young’uns have the right idea; one of their daughters recently attended the RNC and aspires to be the conservative version of Katie Couric (spit) someday 🙂
So for once, in a group of Jews, my wife is going to be in the minority 🙂