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Musings
Great Ideas, Experiments and Failures of this Century -- Outline of a Course I'd like to Teach -- December 2007

Thoughts -- 1 April 2007 including Passover Notes and Cute Photos

Passover Sermonette: 9 April 2006

Customer Service: Why We Are Not Getting Enough of it -- 5 March 2006

Pasover Sermonette 2005 -- Requires Advanced Knowledge of Jewish legal terms

Ivan's Top 10 Tips for Getting Engaged and Married, and Surviving the First Year of Marriage -- 9 November 2004

Presidential Thoughts: John Kerry's Platform and Message followed by Ivan
Ciment's Platform and Message: Which One for You? -- 7 March 2004

Your Honeymoon Suggestions for Ivan & Karen -- July 2003

Passover Sermonette 2003
Notes from Dr. Paul's lecture on Biblical History that didn't make the Passover Sermonette -- April 2003

Animal Quiz Brainteaser -- 15 April 2003

Ivan's Zit-Free Tip Sheet -- 15 April 2003

A Better Trip -- Ivan's Suggested Itinerary for these 5 Day Missions to Israel -- 13 January 2003

Tisha B'Av Message 2002

Global Thoughts – 23 June 2002
Markets, Post 9/11 America and Foreign Policy Shifts, Iran and Saudi Arabia, 
Israel/Palestine; Child Sacrifice: Biblical Perspective

Passover Sermonette 2002: Finding Relevance in the Passover Story in 2002.

Rethinking Day School High School Education: New Strategies for Tuition and Curriculum -- 3 February 2002

Global Thoughts Update...4 March 2002
Focus on Japan and the Middle East
Response to comments re: Education Reform Initiative.

Results: Ivan's Grocery Run Poll -- 3 November 2001

Personal Letter written on the flight to Tel Aviv -- 4 October 2001

Yom Kippur Message -- 25 September 2001

Global Thoughts: Butt-Wiping and other Major Issues -- 26 August 2001

Ivan's List of Things That Are Great About America -- 4 July 2001

Passover Sermonette 2001 -- 1 April 2001

Poll Results: A New National Anthem for the USA? -- 27 January 2001

Media Bias: Is the Problem the Media or is it us? -- 20 January 2001

Global Trends: 19 November 2000
US Elections; Middle East; Oil Markets; Hamas and the Flood

Rethinking the Jewish State for the 21st Century -- 19 November 200

Ivan's Action Plan for the Jewish World -- with detailed exhibits.  Also useful for other communities -- 6 August 2000

A Twenty-Something View of the Middle East -- December 1995 -- posted 6 August 2000

Tisha B'Av Message -- 6 August 2000

The Case for a Jewish TV Network -- 6 August 2000

Ivan's Hypothetical Leadership University: To Train a New Generation of Leaders -- 24 July

The Millionaire Phenomenon -- 10 July 2000

Genetics; Elian Gonzalez; Bill Gates & Microsoft; World War II Slave Labor; TV & the Lost Art of the Imagination 28 May 2000

Ivan's Action Plan for the Jewish World -- Also useful for other communities -- 6 May 2000

Future Trends among Next Generation of Jewish Philanthropists -- Report from JFN Convention
-- 7 April 2000

Poll: Greatest Invention of this Century or the Millenium -- 30 September 1999

The Meaning of Life

Responses to the Challenge -- 5 June 1999

The Meaning of Life According to Ivan Ciment -- Updated 20 July 1999

Ivan's Meaning of Life Challenge -- 28 March 1999

Passover Sermonettes

Passover Sermonette 2000

Passover Sermonette 1999

Passover Sermonette 1997

Poll: Most Admired Person Alive

Updated Nominees: Most Admired Person Alive -- 1 September 1999

Results of Ivan's Poll: Most Admired Person Alive -- 27 January 1999

Other Topics

Let's Talk About Lunch -- 19 June 1998

Ivan's Hypothetical Airline -- 15 April 1998