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Game Theory and Morality
document IMAGES-003-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015501.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

Game Theory and Morality Moshe Hoffman, Erez Yoeli, and Carlos David Navarrete Introduction Consider the following puzzling aspects of our morality: 1. Many of us share the view that one should not use people, even if it benefits them to be used, as Kant intoned in his second...

Early the next morning, he called me back. “I’ve spoken to Abe Chayes,” he said referring to a
document IMAGES-004-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017138.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

4.2.12 WC: 191694 Early the next morning, he called me back. “I’ve spoken to Abe Chayes,” he said referring to a Harvard Law professor who was then serving as legal counsel in the State Department. “He’s a bit more optimistic that cooler heads will prevail. Come into work.” So...

Re: Fwd
email TEXT-001-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025841.txt Sep 20, 2014 House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

Date: Saturday, September 20 2014 12:48 AM Subject: Re: Fwd: From: Kathy Ruemmler To: jeffrey E. <[email protected]>; Harder to say no for sure. On Sep 19, 2014 8:46 PM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacationggmail.com> wrote: I assume that means harder to say no, ? easier to say yes. . O...

Perhaps it's not entirely surprising that Iran's Shiite fundamentalists -- not unlike their
document IMAGES-009-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026553.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

Perhaps it's not entirely surprising that Iran's Shiite fundamentalists -- not unlike their evangelical Christian, Catholic, Orthodox Jewish, and Sunni Muslim counterparts -- spend an inordinate amount of time pondering sexuality. They are human, after all. But the sexual manias...

party. So let’s clear the air right now
document IMAGES-010-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029793.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

party. So let’s clear the air right now, well before the festivities. Before we get to the matter of coalition politics, which is very much on our minds right now as Netanyahu struggles to put together a government, let us consider the other negative part of the Peres legacy: his...

would agree to make them part of a Palestinian state. The second principle was that
document IMAGES-001-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011817.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

/ BARAK / 60 would agree to make them part of a Palestinian state. The second principle was that “Jerusalem will remain united.” It would not be cut into Jewish and Arab halves as had happened between 1948 and 1967. That, I knew, might prove tougher to carry through on. But even...

secret agent — the prisoners still had to explain why they had hidden 15
document IMAGES-004-HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018208.txt House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

secret agent — the prisoners still had to explain why they had hidden 15 kg of the military explosive RDX under bushes on a Mombasa golf course. Created to advance Iran’s interests clandestinely overseas, the Quds Force has lately provided mostly embarrassment, stumbling in Azer...

If Netanyahu Had Been Thinking Strategically
document If Netanyahu had been thinking strategically House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

he might have realized this when he went before Congress this morning. And he might have done something bold: Acknowledge that the age of Jewish settlement is over. He did mention

Maybe So. But Watching Over Fadi’s Shoulder As Members Of Congress Robotically Rose To Applaud Netanyahu
document Maybe so. But watching over Fadi’s shoulder as members of Congress robotically rose to applaud Netanyahu House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

I couldn’t help thinking of the contrast. Anyone who has spent any time around Congress knows that many of the people who applauded Netanyahu—the Jewish Democrats in particular—don’t actually support his policies. Privately

Although This Autobiography Is My First Attempt To Explore My Life In Full
document Although this autobiography is my first attempt to explore my life in full House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

I have written several earlier books that touch on aspects of my public life. The Best Defense dealt with my earliest cases during the first decade of my professional life. Chutzpah covered my Jewish causes and cases. Reversal of Fortune and Reasonable Doubts each dealt with o...

Among My Other Early Memories Was Israel’s Struggle For Independence And Statehood
document Among my other early memories was Israel’s struggle for independence and statehood House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

just a few years after the war. My family members were religious Zionists (“Misrachi Zionists”). We had a blue and white Jewish National Fund “pushka” (charity box) in our homes

We Were Not Poor. We Always Had Food. But We Couldn’t Afford Any Luxuries
document We were not poor. We always had food. But we couldn’t afford any luxuries House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

such as restaurants. We passed down clothing from generation to generation and ate a lot of “leftovers”. (Remember the comedian who said “we always ate leftovers—nobody has ever found the “original” meal.) My mother has always said we were “comfortable.” (The same comedian to...

Of Course We Tried To Figure Out Ways Around These Prohibitions—Half Of Jewish Law Seems To Be Creating Technical Prohibitions
document Of course we tried to figure out ways around these prohibitions—half of Jewish law seems to be creating technical prohibitions House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

while the other half seems to be creating ways around them. Much like the Internal Revenue Code. No wonder so many Jews become lawyers and accountants. It’s not in our DNA; it’s in our religious training.

Immediately After Graduating From Brooklyn College
document Immediately after graduating from Brooklyn College House Oversight Committee — Epstein Estate Records (Nov 2025)

I got married to a woman I had met in a Jewish summer camp that boasted of the many “shidachs” (meetings that resulted in marriages) for which it was responsible. I was not yet 21. Sue was 19. My mother wouldn’t let me go to an out of town law school unless I was married