This past Friday, the Wall Street Journal provided a timely reminder of just how much a great leader can impact the future of a nation.
Noting that it was 25 years ago this weekend that Ronald Reagan was inaugurated President of the United States, the paper stressed how much Reagan?s economic policies contributed to the country?s growth and development in the intervening years.
Even more important, however, was the fact that Reagan set the stage for America?s return to itself and to its values, after the dour and depressing tenure of Jimmy Carter.
Harking back to this period of recent history, it becomes all the more apparent just how much Israel so desperately needs its own version of Ronald Reagan....
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Michael Freund served as Deputy Director of Communications & Policy Planning in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office under former premier Binyamin Netanyahu. He is Founder and Chairman of Shavei Israel (www.shavei.org), which reaches out and assists "lost Jews" seeking to return to the Jewish people.
Noting that it was 25 years ago this weekend that Ronald Reagan was inaugurated President of the United States, the paper stressed how much Reagan?s economic policies contributed to the country?s growth and development in the intervening years.
Even more important, however, was the fact that Reagan set the stage for America?s return to itself and to its values, after the dour and depressing tenure of Jimmy Carter.
Harking back to this period of recent history, it becomes all the more apparent just how much Israel so desperately needs its own version of Ronald Reagan....
Read the continuation of this commentary on
Arutz-7's new blog: Fundamentally Freund.
Michael Freund served as Deputy Director of Communications & Policy Planning in the Israeli Prime Minister's Office under former premier Binyamin Netanyahu. He is Founder and Chairman of Shavei Israel (www.shavei.org), which reaches out and assists "lost Jews" seeking to return to the Jewish people.