The only way for us to help ourselves is to help others and to listen to each other's stories.

From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me.

My loyalty to my people, to our people, and to Israel comes first and prevents me from saying anything critical of Israel outside Israel… As a Jew I see my role as a melitz yosher, a defender of Israel: I defend even her mistakes… I must identify with whatever Israel does – even with her errors.

There is a coalition of anti-Semitism today, the extreme left, the extreme right and in the middle the huge corpus of Islam. I'm worried, I go around with a very heavy heart.

Every moment is a new beginning.

I personally have no doubt that the Exodus occurred. How it occurred, I don't know.

The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality.