Yeshiva University Commencement Address
May 26, 2010
By Dr. Michael B. Oren
Ambassador of Israel
As many of you know, I came to the position of ambassador after many years of writing history. As an historian, I always said, my main job was making decisions.
How is that possible, you might ask—historians are decision-makers? What are they, prime ministers? No, an historian is not the prime minister, though some of them seem to think they’d do a better job. Historians are decision-makers because they are confronted with masses of information and from those masses must select the most relevant and compelling passages. continue reading…
