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Edgar Miles Bronfman is especially remembered for initiating diplomacy with the Soviet Union. This resulted in the legitimising of the Hebrew language in Russia, and major steps towards allowing Soviet Jews to practice their own religion and emigrate to Israel.
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For decades, the plight of the Palestinian people has been exacerbated by internal corruption, a lack of effective investment, and the political cynicism of the Arab states, who often did not have the best interests of the Palestinians at heart.

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The majesty of the American Jewish experience is in its success marrying its unique Jewish identity with the larger, liberal values of the United States. There is no need anymore to choose between assimilation and separation. We are accepted as equal...

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The beauty of Judaism is that it demands we ask questions, especially of ourselves.

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In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.

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During my many years in international business and public life, I have had the good fortune of sitting down for lunch with people with whom I completely disagreed, in practice and principle: Soviet communists, heads of state from various unsavory reg...

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Researchers consistently find that most older volunteers, when compared to older nonvolunteers, have fewer functional and physical impairments, overall better health, higher life satisfaction and less depression. In addition, they attend religious se...

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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 search for a Jewish national home came about due to centuries of anti-Semitic pogroms, expulsions, discrimination and hate. The Holocaust was simply the evil culmination of all that came before it.

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Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesn't have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation.

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Israel desperately needs peace if it is to come anywhere close to being the 'light unto nations' of Jewish dreams.

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The Jews' fear of assimilation and intermarriage should not replace fear of anti-Semitism.

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A peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will likely depend to a great extent on the economic development of a future Palestinian state. As I have argued before, private sector investment - especially in the West Bank - is going to p...

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I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals.

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Much of what has gone wrong in the pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace is due to a lack of strong leadership, primarily among the Palestinians.

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I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization.

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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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I'd vote for Mickey Mouse before I voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin.

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There are no easy solutions for Israel's own governance problems.

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Economic support from the rest of the Arab states to the fledgling Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is virtually non-existent.

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A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital.

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Author Bio

  • NameEdgar Bronfman, Sr.
  • DescriptionCanadian-American businessman
  • BornJune 20, 1929
  • DiedDecember 21, 2013
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom; Legion Of Honour; Star Of People's Friendship