Posts Tagged: Winston Churchill
On Economic Sanctions and Appeasement
According to Winston Churchill, "an appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." The U.S. administration is leading the easing of...
Real Leaders Focus on the Future and Education
To gain insight into the unique leadership lesson of this week's parsha, I often ask an audience to perform a thought-experiment. Imagine you are the...
How to Succeed? Fail, Get Up, and Try Again
At first, Moses' mission seemed to be successful. He had feared that the people would not believe in him, but God had given him signs...
Failure is Not the End
The Bible's first book, Bereishit, ends on a sublime note of reconciliation between Joseph and his brothers. His brothers were afraid that he had not...
Obama Boxes Himself In After Iran Nuclear Deal
The Obama Administration is entitled to be furious with Israel. Although the U.S. got bragging rights for its (one-sided-not-in-our-favor) deal with Iran, Prime Minister Netanyahu...
Being a Leader Means Being True to Yourself
I have argued in previous years of Covenant and Conversation that the episode in which the Jewish people acquired its name - when Jacob wrestled...
Official PA Daily Calls September 11th a Lie, Praises Hitler for Hating Alcohol
The official PA daily welcomed Barack Obama ahead of his visit to the region with a scathing anti-semitic and anti-American op-ed Monday. "Our history is replete...
Oliver Stone and Historical Perspective
The film director Oliver Stone has once again ruffled feathers with a controversial television series that justifies those like me who think that, despite the...
Peruvian Neo-Nazi Group Leader Seeks Jewish Expulsion
Martin Quispe Mayta, the 38-year-old founder of the Andean National Socialism Movement, is posing a threat to Peru's Jewish community as he is attempting to...
A Hell To Pay
Benjamin Netanyahu is a known Churchill buff. It is fortunate; he doesn't need to dig too deep in his library or memory to find a...
Steve Jobs and the Virtue of Failure
Winston Churchill famously said that "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." What Churchill didn't say,...
Should Obama Show His School Transcripts?
With the birther issue finally put to rest, Donald Trump has now turned to Obama's intellectual abilities: "I heard he was a terrible student." That rumor...
