"The most vexing problem Israel faces is its……" — Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
"The most vexing problem Israel faces is its relations with its neighbors. From the inception of the state until today, Israelis have felt besieged, surrounded by enemies who want to make them disappear."
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29 Quotes by Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
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The majesty of the American Jewish experience is in its success marrying its unique Jewish identity with the larger, liberal…
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Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support.
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The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone…
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I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization.
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Researchers consistently find that most older volunteers, when compared to older nonvolunteers, have fewer functional and physical impairments, overall better…
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My childhood was marked by a tension between privilege on the one hand and emotional dysfunction on the other.
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No one said anything to my face, but I constantly heard comments denigrating Jews.
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I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine.
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Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn.
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As an American Jew who loves Israel, I cannot support John McCain. He cannot provide what Israel needs most -…
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Maintaining control indefinitely over millions of Palestinians will inevitably lead to a demographic nightmare and cannot be sustained if Israel…
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The beauty of Judaism is that it demands we ask questions, especially of ourselves.
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The best men are not those who have waited for chances but who have taken them; besieged the chance; conquered…
— Edwin Hubbel Chapin
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'Tis said of love that it sometimes goes, sometimes flies; runs with one, walks gravely with another; turns a third…
— Miguel de Cervantes
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There are roads which must not be followed, armies which must not be attacked, towns which must not be besieged,…
— Sun Tzu
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How can you lay siege to a whole country? Who is really under siege now? Baghdad cannot be besieged.
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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This boa, the American columns, are being besieged between Basra and other towns north, west, south and west of Basra.…
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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There is no presence of the American columns in the city of Baghdad at all. We besieged them and we…
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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For as a city which has been once besieged and not sacked will ever after be more strong to hold…
— George Downame
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The disease and its medicine are like two factions in a besieged town; they tear one another to pieces, but…
— Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey
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Advertising, an art, is constantly besieged and compromised by logicians and technocrats, the scientists of our profession who wildly miss…
— George Lois
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Some people accused me of being pro-Muslim in Bosnia, but I realised that our job is to give all sides an…
— Christiane Amanpour
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At every point I am besieged by people who would like me to conform to some social norm of whatever…
— Sean Parker
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Man is full of desires: he loves only those who can satisfy them all. "This man is a good mathematician,"…
— Blaise Pascal
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