And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so.

I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.

And this is one of the major questions of our lives: how we keep boundaries, what permission we have to cross boundaries, and how we do so.

Since ideology is part of the human personality, it deserves a place in the kingdom of eternal truths.

Intimate relationships are a gold mine for literature to explore, to understand, to describe.

The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs

One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.