Sunday September 9, 2012

I've Been Thinking:

The schedule of speakers for the United Nations General Assembly has been made public. There are no real surprises in the lineup - it is the timing of the speeches that is important.

No doubt about it, almost everyone of import and significance addressing the GA will focus in some part on Iran and their nuclear aspirations.

US President Barack Obama will speak on opening day, September 25. President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will speak on Wednesday the 26 which, significantly, is also Yom Kippur. And Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will speak the next day on the 27th.

Scheduling Ahmadinejad's speech for Yom Kippur is a sure way of trying to ratchet down tensions, public anger and protests against the Iranian president. Very few Jews will forgo their fast, synagogue prayers or family time to attend a protest at the UN in NYC on the holiest day of the Jewish year.

That said, the prospect of the speech Ahmadinejad is about to give may become the most important and popular material for Rabbi's pulpit sermons. Rabbi's sermons will replace protests. In the end, that may well be an effective educational and leadership tool.

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