Archive for April, 2010

(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 can recall, there was that brief moment of... »

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 program," despite ample evidence to the... »

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 Israeli soldiers. Last week, we commemorated Yom... »

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 (Chile, Ukraine, South Africa, and Mexico) have... »

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 policy is that the Obama Administration... »

"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 Administration, and Israel over an announcement of a... »