David Sher

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Dec 21, 2015, 10:46 PM

Addiction to a False Narrative: Roger Cohen and the New York Times

There is nothing like a good narrative to fall back on when you lack any deep understanding of what you are writing about. Whether the narrative is true or not makes no difference to some, as long as the...

Feb 16, 2015, 6:30 AM

What Netanyahu Should Tell Congress

For the record, I am unhappy about the way in which Netanyahu’s planned speech has been politicized and I think he should have figured out a better way to get his point across. I voted twice for President Obama...

Jan 14, 2015, 5:25 PM

Vote for the World Zionist Congress – Vote Green Israel

Many Jews around the world are unaware of the fact that they are entitled to a voice about Israel’s future. That voice is the World Zionist Congress, which meets every four years in Jerusalem with the mandate to fund...

Jan 11, 2015, 11:05 PM

Abbas n’est pas Charlie Hebdo

World leaders marched together in Paris in solidarity against the cowardly attacks against Charlie Hebdo and against ordinary Jews shopping for Shabbat in a Kosher grocery. Photographs of the world leaders marching showed Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu marching in...

Aug 20, 2013, 7:47 PM

A Letter to Roger Waters

As has been reported in the news, Roger Waters has penned a letter asking for artists to uphold a cultural boycott of Israel due to its policies. For all the good it will do me, this letter is to...

Aug 13, 2013, 7:51 PM

Renewables, a Better Energy Future for Israel

To great fanfare, Israel has become a natural gas producer. Its discoveries in the Mediterranean, with help by such American companies as Noble Energy are indeed great achievements in that for the first time Israel can achieve a degree...

Jul 21, 2013, 8:42 PM

Peace Requires a Vision

On the eve of potential new peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, it is important to remember that to be successful, the talks must inspire something beyond the prosaic issues of security and borders. Indeed, any resolution must...

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About Me

David Sher has a keen, longstanding interest in Israel and spent a study year abroad in Israel in 1984. He is an entrepreneur who has founded four businesses including Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company, his current business.