I have a tremendous respect for Professor [Frank Moore] Cross.

I wrote my first book, I published it in 1955, it was in Yiddish and it was called And The World Was Silent.

Which is worse? Killing with hate or killing without hate?

That [Exodus] occurred, I have no doubt.

Just as man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope. If dreams reflect the past, hope summons the future.

When has religion ever been unifying? Religion has introduced many wars in this world, enough bloodshed and violence.

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.