Jean Pierre Braun

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Feb 27, 2025, 3:37 PM

Fear can and must change sides

The day after the catastrophe of October 7, 2023, Israel’s Prime Minister promised the nation that we would win the war, that the hostages would be freed, and that Hamas would be destroyed. 500 days later, considerable progress has been...

Nov 4, 2024, 7:25 AM

Do Jews believe in coincidences?

When, in 1492, Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon sent over a hundred thousand of our ancestors into exile, it would have been logical to think that, with the departure of all the Jews, there would...

Sep 20, 2024, 1:18 AM

Inventing the ethical warfare

Asymmetrical warfare has been the dominant mode of conflict since WW2 and until today. In general, it involves a regular army fighting against a terrorist group, an insurgent force, or any armed force perceived as being of inferior capability....

Sep 3, 2024, 6:51 AM

Dark days in Israel

As the month of Av 5784 (September 2024) draws to a close, there is a palpable mixture of anger, sadness and depression never before felt here in Israel. The bodies of six of our dear hostages, Hersh, Eden, Ori,...

Aug 27, 2024, 5:45 AM

Israel: Freier among the nations?

If you call an Israeli obstinate, rude, impolite, insolent, or any such qualifier, he may or may not care. After all, or so goes the local popular wisdom, we are a country at war, we have better things to...

Jul 2, 2024, 7:24 PM

French Parliament Elections: Clear and Present Danger

Former President Chirac, the great innovator, had devised a surefire recipe for winning presidential elections: in the months leading up to the April/May 2002 election, he and then Prime Minister Jospin allowed a wave of unprecedented violence to build...

May 21, 2024, 1:49 PM

Why I am so angry today

Since the beginning of the war, there have been days of calm, days of anguish, days of satisfaction (few) and days of anger. This is one of them, a day when for many Israelis it is difficult to contain...

May 6, 2024, 11:23 PM

ERASE EVERYTHING AND START AGAIN

On May 1st, Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations delivered an important speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. For more than 20 minutes, Gilad Erdan made unvarnished accusations and demonstrated the responsibility of the UN...

Apr 11, 2024, 3:02 PM

What is the value of a Jewish life?

The matter is not new: at the worst moments of the 2nd World War, attempts were made to rescue Jews for ransom, most of them unsuccessful. The two that succeeded, albeit to a very limited extent, were in Slovakia,...

Mar 28, 2024, 4:54 PM

President Biden and the US elections

By the end of 2024, the political picture of the world as we know it today might drastically change. The reason for this is simple: over this year, major elections will take place in 82 countries throughout the world,...

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About Me

Jean Pierre Braun is a retired Silicon Valley CEO now living in Jerusalem. Born in Paris, Jean Pierre immigrated to the USA after completing its Electrical Engineering degree in France. Besides being a serial entrepreneur, Jean Pierre was also the founder of a unique, very successful Silicon Valley Synagogue, and upon his return to France became Vice President of a local CRIF branch, and the President of the Rachi community in Grenoble. A father of 3 and grandfather of 10 ב'ה, Jean Pierre and his wife Annie made Aliyah in 2016.

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