(This is a speech that Sarah Stern delivered to Beth Jacob Congregations in Los Angeles) We recently celebrated the 62nd anniversary of the establishment of the state of Israel. The scratchy video tape of that momentous vote in the United Nations will be forever etched on the collective memories our generation. And as you...
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Archive for April, 2010
Israel at 62: Will it make it to 70?
We Can’t Even Contain a Non-Nuclear Iran
It appears that the United States foreign policy community has now successfully moved through all five-stages of grief, when it comes to the Islamic Republic of Iran and its nuclear weapons ambitions. First was Denial, of which the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) was the best example, proclaiming that Iran “halted its nuclear weapons...
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Days of Memory, Days of Jubilation
Today, as I write these words, sirens wail throughout Israel, and people, no matter what they are doing, stop the frenetic activity of their daily lives, get up out of their chairs in boardrooms or out of their cars in highways, and commemorate a moment of silent memory of the more than 22,000 fallen...
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Fallout from Obama’s Nuclear Summit
President Obama’s announcement that the American people will be “safer and more secure,” as a result of the nuclear summit held in Washington D.C over the past week, is akin to a triumphant declaration that the barn door has been successfully slammed shut, even while Mrs. O’Leary’s cow ambles merrily past us. Four countries...
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Linkage Again
News reaches us of yet another Palestinian terrorist being honored with a street naming. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismisses the threat of sanctions, calling President Obama a “cowboy.”And the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs testifies that Iran is stepping up its arming of Insurgents in Afghanistan. So naturally the big news in Middle East...
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In Middle East Diplomacy, Words Can Hurt You
“Sticks and Stones may break my bones,” the old children’s saying goes, “but words can never hurt me.” That’s a fine mantra for children learning the importance of self-esteem, but when you are the President of the United States, its ceases to be true. The recent, very public disagreement between members of the Obama...
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