Of course Trotsky wasn't religious. Orthodox Jews, especially in Russia of that era, were quite "reactionary" in their fealty to the Torah.
Interestingly, in the Middle East, chrstians tend to be the Communists/Grand Orient Freemasons. "Alienated" people seem to gravitate toward it in all contexts (though it is ultimately run by very non-alienated people).
The question really is why bring this topic into a discussion of post-Soviet intelligence activities at all? Alarm bells go off in my head straightaway in such an instance.
For some reason that particular poster is bound and determined to break some kind of record in the "in 1917 the Jews invaded Russia" meme.
“” “” Of course Trotsky wasn’t religious. Orthodox Jews, especially in Russia of that era, were quite “reactionary” in their fealty to the Torah.”” “”
“Fiddler on the roof” is doing a good job explaining relations of observant Jews with both leftism and reaction. They were definitely leaning left.