Therefore, all my adult life, since I began my life as an author, or as a teacher, I always try to listen to the victim.

There is Israel, for us at least. What no other generation had, we have. We have Israel in spite of all the dangers, the threats and the wars, we have Israel. We can go to Jerusalem. Generations and generations could not and we can.

Abraham is trying to obey God, but not to kill. I feel that moment is one of the defining moments of Jewish faith.

"Am I my brother's keeper?" There you have the whole Biblical understanding that you are your brother's keeper. You also have a whole other understanding in which you are not your brother's keeper. And I've heard some extremely bright people take this position.

In spite of despair, hope must exist. In spite of suffering, humanity must prevail. And in spite of all the differences in the world, the worst enemy, the worst peril, is indifference.

'Indifference to evil is equal to evil' because it strengthens people.

I believe in the story [ of Adam and Eve]. For me, it's a story.