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" I've had three wives. I've had five weddings. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Weddings
Had
Three
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" In the modern era, Jewish sovereignty over the land of our ancestors is a relatively short phenomenon. From the time of the successful Maccabean revolt to the Roman annexation in 63 BC constitutes about 100 years of Jewish rule. Combined with Israel's independence in 1948, this is about 160 years of effective sovereignty. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Short
Independence
Time
" The Jews' fear of assimilation and intermarriage should not replace fear of anti-Semitism. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Replace
Assimilation
Fear
" Israel desperately needs peace if it is to come anywhere close to being the 'light unto nations' of Jewish dreams. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Jewish
Israel
Dreams
" The Palestinian economy is, and will likely continue to be, highly reliant on trade. And yet, trade between the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states is extremely limited. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Authority
States
Trade
" George W. Bush is long gone, and with him the idea that 'Israel can do no wrong.' "
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Him
Wrong
Long
" The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone has a vote, but also that the minority needs to yield to the wishes of the majority. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Everyone
Wishes
Principles
" 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 regimes, benighted religious figures, corrupt business leaders. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Practice
Good
Business
" Investments are a real partnership, with an expected return; donations are a gesture made as a result of ethical, religious, or political passions. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Ethical
Partnership
Political
" 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. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
You
Doing
Love
" In terms of defending Jews, I'm a Jew. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Terms
Jews
Jew
" 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 services more frequently and belong to more social organizations. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Health
Depression
Find
" It is high time that the Arab world's professed desire for peace is matched by responsible action, and not more of the same equivocation. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Desire
Peace
Time
" I'd vote for Mickey Mouse before I voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
John
Mickey Mouse
Vote
" Maintaining control indefinitely over millions of Palestinians will inevitably lead to a demographic nightmare and cannot be sustained if Israel is to remain true to its founding principles. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Principles
Over
True
" Contrary to many of the rumors and innuendo in circulation, I wholeheartedly believe that Obama views Israel's security as absolute. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Israel
Security
Believe
" With the common Iranian threat bringing the Sunni Arab world and Israel closer together, an Israeli-Palestinian peace would go a long way in improving relations and rebuffing Iran's regional ambitions. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Peace
Go
Long
" My childhood was marked by a tension between privilege on the one hand and emotional dysfunction on the other. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Childhood
Privilege
Hand
" There are no easy solutions for Israel's own governance problems. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Solutions
Own
Israel
" Just as we send young American Jews to Israel through the Birthright program, we need to also consider a 'reverse Birthright' for Israeli kids to come see America. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
American
America
See
" No one said anything to my face, but I constantly heard comments denigrating Jews. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Said
Comments
Face
" The Arab world needs to appreciate that legitimate historical claims and modern necessities are what make Israel the homeland of the Jewish people. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Historical
People
World
" 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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Authority
Support
Rest
" 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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Evil
Discrimination
Search
" Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Believe
Support
Goals
" 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 equals. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Success
Identity
Experience
" 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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Free
Worthy
Solution
" 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. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Neighbors
Today
Want
" Arab youth are taught to wonder, 'Since the Holocaust was a European affair, why are the Palestinians being forced to pay for the creation of Israel?' "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Creation
Holocaust
Why
" I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine. "
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
Comfortable
Skin
Mine
" John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palin's ignorance of public affairs is monumental. "
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Poor
Ignorance
Judgment