It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.

I pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.

Egypt loved the lotus because it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved.

I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.

My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.

Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.

Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.