The story of Leah Trachtman-Palchan’s migration from Eastern Europe to Palestine in 1921 proved anything but predictable.  Her association with the Communist movement in Palestine led to her deportation by the British to the Soviet Union for 30 years, throwing her into the path of some of the most pivotal events of the 20th-century. Her great-nephew, historian Nir Arielli, has edited her memoir and discusses this extraordinary life with musicologist Anastasia Bel...