Canadian - Businessman | June 20, 1929 - December 21, 2013
No one said anything to my face, but I constantly heard comments denigrating Jews.
Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
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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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I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine.
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In terms of defending Jews, I'm a Jew.
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The Jews' fear of assimilation and intermarriage should not replace fear of anti-Semitism.
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I've had three wives. I've had five weddings.
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My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'
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As an American Jew who loves Israel, I cannot support John McCain. He cannot provide what Israel needs most - a respected, credible, morally strong America.
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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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Israel desperately needs peace if it is to come anywhere close to being the 'light unto nations' of Jewish dreams.
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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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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.
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