Jessica Lauren Walton lives in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC and recently completed a memoir about her years overseas when she sought admission to the highest echelons of the Israeli intelligence community.
Our discussion covers, among other things:
*how a Mormon friend sparked her curiosity about her Judaic roots
*the Torah and secular knowledge as dual sources of wisdom which are not mutually exclusive
*her journey from Montgomery County police internship to Bar-Ilan University outside Tel Aviv
*the indelible impact of her friend Roman, an elite Israeli commando originally from Siberia
*Judaic origins of some fundamental U.S political principles
*observations about the U.S. after she returned from Israel in 2017
Jessica finds hope in the power of storytelling and its ability to allow us to step into someone else’s shoes.
You can learn more about Jessica at www.jessicawaltonwriter.com.