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Aug 10, 2015, 1:15 PM

Jewish Culture Slaughtered on the Temple Mount

Lynn Schusterman, Angelica Berrie and their foundations are leading co-benefactors including for Bronfman, Steinhardt and Nevzlin to use Israeli public funds allocated by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat for a modern cultural exposé that defies long surviving Jewish tradition. They...

Jul 6, 2014, 1:15 PM

The Dilemma of Jewish Sovereignty and Democracy.

I am intrigued about the future of Jewish sovereignty in Israel, an often controversial topic that most Jews rapidly retort to support, often without any real understanding of its implication. They mean Israel should never fall into the hands...

Mar 3, 2014, 1:55 PM

Israel’s forthcoming miracle!

My friend Eliyahu recently recalled the days during the early 90’s when he miraculously escaped a posting to the military unit of the Russian Army destined to train Syrian ground troops in Damascus. The Assad Alawite regime had become...

Nov 7, 2013, 9:38 AM

Why in the world would we need a Jew?

Questions abound, but none more perplexing than the allegedly racist but factual, why are Jews so successful? Specifically evident; Jewish representation among Nobel prize winners where the ratio is approximately 20 : 0.02 or 20% Jewish Nobel winners from...

Oct 29, 2013, 11:40 PM

Bibi’s Delicate Diplomatic Dance

The red line illustrated by Prime Minister Netanyahu during his now famous speech to the United Nations foreshadowed his present pattern of behavior. He now finds himself in the unenviable position responding to demanding nations, who strip layer after...

Oct 17, 2013, 11:38 PM

Jerusalem’s Important Election – United or Divided?

Last year Arieh King, who is now running as Chairman of the United Jerusalem party together with Shmuel Shkedi in Jerusalem’s City Election, stood with me at Nof Tzion. He was talking with a friendly Arab neighbor whose daughter...

Sep 12, 2013, 11:12 AM

Days of Repentance!

I was alerted to a tradition, probably maintained for thousands of years, a daily prayer of repentance said by orthodox Jews but not on Sabbaths and other significant festivities. It turns out I had written of the event that...

Aug 18, 2013, 2:56 PM

Dancing The Kings Tune

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s agreement to construct homes in east Jerusalem is essential to the City's economic prosperity, but his intent to disarm Iran may be his Achilles heel as he intellectually balances worldwide condemnation of his domestic decisions. His...

Aug 14, 2013, 6:31 AM

The Madness of Land for prisoners!

Did land for peace just give way to land for prisoners in the sordid negotiation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority? Since the Oslo Accord, foreign efforts to tempt, cajole and persuade Israel from outside and within the nation...

Aug 12, 2013, 1:06 AM

Winston Churchill and the Egyptian Bias

Winston Churchill said "God deals with the nations as they deal with the Jews. Of every fifty officers who come back from the Middle East only one speaks favorably of the Jews. That merely convinces me that I am...

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About Me

Kevin Bermeister is the founder of www.Jerusalem5800.com, a master plan for Jerusalem through the year 2050. Bermeister is a technological innovator, developing substantial businesses in the computer, multimedia and Internet industries. Among his many accomplishments, he was a founding investor of Skype in 2002. He is also an active investor in Israeli real estate.