Only one enemy is worse than despair: indifference. In every area of human creativity, indifference is the enemy; indifference of evil is worse than evil, because it is also sterile.

We believed in God, trusted in man, and lived with the illusion that every one of us has been entrusted with a sacred spark.

If you read Exodus 15 carefully, it describes a storm at sea. This is the old Yahwistic source. In the retelling of the story in the later Priestly source, it is more miraculous: The water stands up on either side like a wall. There are walls of water standing up. As you move back in time, oddly enough, the story becomes more historical.

For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.

Today, as yesterday, a nation is judged by its attitude towards refugees.

Memory is the keyword which combines past with present, past and future.

The danger lies in forgetting.