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The Holocaust. Economic growth. Hezbollah. Iran. Sanctions. UN. Settlement freeze. These were some of the topics discussed a roundtable event here in Zurich as part of a Keren Hayessod 90th anniversary celebration. The participants included former US ambassador Stuart Eizenstat and Ronen Bergmann, a Cambridge-educated Israeli journalist.
Now Eizenstat is sort of infamous in Switzerland. He’s [...]
What’s the biggest difference between a Swiss and American benefit dinner?
Recently I saw an ad for an event honoring the 90th anniversary of Keren Hayesod/United Jewish Appeal. The event boasted a keynote address from Natan Sharansky and a roundtable discussion with participants such as Stuart Eizenstat. Of course I planned to attend, thinking this was [...]
Rumblings of a most strange kind of being heard across Europe. Italy’s prime minister, the infamous Silvio Berlusconi, earlier this week called for Israel to join the European Union.
Is this just a somewhat crazy man’s fantasies, or is there some merit in his proposal?
In certain areas, such as sports competitions, Israel has always been classified [...]
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