It was like a page torn from a history book, from some historical novel about the captivity of babylon or Spanish Inquisition.

It is true that not all the victims were Jews, but all the Jews were victims

For me, every hour is grace. And I feel gratitude in my heart each time I can meet someone and look at his or her smile.

In Talmudic literature, certainly in the beginning, he was like a human being - except he was a serpent. But he was talking and walking and probably dreaming.

I read the text; and then I come to the Shirat ha-Yam, to the Song of the Sea [Exodus 15], to the poetry. Who could have written such a poem except someone who went through it? It is so full of life, so full of truth, of passion, of concern. And the thousands and thousands of commentaries in the Talmudic tradition that have been written on it. It had to have happened. But even if not, I would attribute the same beauty to the text as I do now.

I believe a human being - if he or she wants to remain human, then he or she must do something with what we have seen, endured, witnessed.

[Moses] Mendelssohn was a religious Jew. I felt sorry for him.