I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.

There's a lot of food restriction in the Bible, but it does say you're allowed to eat crickets, grasshoppers, and locusts. I decided to take advantage of that and eat a cricket. It was chocolate-covered, and I'm not sure that's the way they were served in Moses' time. But this was a rule that seemed crazy on the outside, then actually turned out to be pragmatic and compassionate.

I've never before been so aware of the thousands of little good things, the thousands of things that go right every day.

A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It's just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.

Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.

I love to live things, so I wanted to immerse myself and get into the mindset - and sandals - of my forefathers.

I've started to look at life differently. When you're thanking God for every little you - every meal, every time you wake up, every time you take a sip of water - you can't help but be more thankful for life itself, for the unlikely and miraculous fact that you exist at all.