By: Sarah Stern and Kyle Shideler “The depiction of Khomeini as a fanatical reactionary and the bearer of crude prejudices seems certainly and happily false. What is encouraging is that his entourage of close advisers is uniformly composed of moderate, progressive individuals.” — Richard Falk, The New York Times, February 16, 1979 The Middle...
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Archive for February, 2011
Re-Examining U.S. Arms Sales to Arab Regimes: An Idea Long Overdue
A Day On The Hill
(ed. note: The following is written by Donna Clarke, a member of the EMET board, and a Jewish Educator): Recently, I had the profound privilege of accompanying EMET founder and president Sarah Stern, as she met with a myriad of assorted notables on the Hill. I watched with awe as she expressed her concerns...
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The End of the Beginning
Now this is not the end. This is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. — Sir Winston Churchill This has been a dramatic month. It is difficult to catch one’s breath over the sweeping changes that have rocked the Middle East. Over the past...
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Staring into the Abyss
By Sarah N. Stern and Kyle Shideler We are in the midst of an earthquake, and all of us wish for clarity and simple solutions. After years of observing the highly repressive and autocratic regimes in the Middle East, we can’t help but identify with the dissidents in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. The government’s shutting...
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