Esta Stecher, Honored by the ADL & UJA, Remains Silent on A-Jad Speech at Columbia University
How surprised we were to read that Esta Stecher, a member of the Board of Trustees of Columbia University, has been honored by both the Anti-Defamation League (2001) and the United Jewish Appeal (2003).
After all, Ms. Stecher has been publicly silent on the issue of the worst anti-Semitic national leader since Adolph Hitler, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
While Ahmadinejad used the prestige of Columbia University to deliver his message of hate and villany to a global audience, Ms. Stecher and the other 22 members of the Columbia board sat in silence and have remained silent on the matter to this day.
Nazi Germany had its Jewish collaborators, too. They were often referred to a Judenrats. One large difference: by cooperating with Hitler and his henchmen, many of the Jewish collaborators saved their own lives and those of family members.
What did Ms. Stecher have to gain by allowing Ahmadinejad to cast a permanent stain on the very soul of Columbia, where she, herself, obtained her J.D. in 1982?
No honor Ms. Stecher has received to date or ever will receive from this point forward will erase or even dull the mark of shame she must bear for her acquiescence to the A-Jad speech.
Ms. Stecher had two choices to avoid the verdict of history: 1.) Speak out publicly against the speech. 2.) Resign in protest.
She did neither. So much for the ADL and UJA honors.
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Note: Esta Stecher is not shy. She serves as general counsel and a managing director of Goldman Sachs & Co.
Public records show her date of birth as March 4, 1957. They also suggest she has two children, Michael J. (23) and Emily R. (20).
According to The Huffington Post, Ms. Stecher donated $2,300 to the Christopher Dodd campaign in 2007. Her husband, Jamie, has donated to the John Kerry campaign and the John Edwards campaign, both in 2004. Jamie B.W. Stecher is a partner with Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP in Manhatann. He, too, has been active with the ADL.
After all, Ms. Stecher has been publicly silent on the issue of the worst anti-Semitic national leader since Adolph Hitler, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
While Ahmadinejad used the prestige of Columbia University to deliver his message of hate and villany to a global audience, Ms. Stecher and the other 22 members of the Columbia board sat in silence and have remained silent on the matter to this day.
Nazi Germany had its Jewish collaborators, too. They were often referred to a Judenrats. One large difference: by cooperating with Hitler and his henchmen, many of the Jewish collaborators saved their own lives and those of family members.
What did Ms. Stecher have to gain by allowing Ahmadinejad to cast a permanent stain on the very soul of Columbia, where she, herself, obtained her J.D. in 1982?
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| Goldman Sachs Web Page Featuring Esta E. Stecher |
No honor Ms. Stecher has received to date or ever will receive from this point forward will erase or even dull the mark of shame she must bear for her acquiescence to the A-Jad speech.
Ms. Stecher had two choices to avoid the verdict of history: 1.) Speak out publicly against the speech. 2.) Resign in protest.
She did neither. So much for the ADL and UJA honors.
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Note: Esta Stecher is not shy. She serves as general counsel and a managing director of Goldman Sachs & Co.
Public records show her date of birth as March 4, 1957. They also suggest she has two children, Michael J. (23) and Emily R. (20).
According to The Huffington Post, Ms. Stecher donated $2,300 to the Christopher Dodd campaign in 2007. Her husband, Jamie, has donated to the John Kerry campaign and the John Edwards campaign, both in 2004. Jamie B.W. Stecher is a partner with Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt LLP in Manhatann. He, too, has been active with the ADL.
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