How could I say to Him: Blessed be Thou, Almighty, Master of the Universe, who chose us among all nations to be tortured day and night, to watch as our fathers, our mothers, our brothers end up in furnaces? Praised be Thy Holy Name, for having chosen us to be slaughtered on Thine altar?

We've sort of agreed that the account of Adam and Eve is a story.

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.

Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future.

The Biblical text does not have punctuation marks like periods and question marks. Where we end sentences is a matter of interpretation.

It takes more than a few generations to change a human nation. Those who are intent to bring (change) will do so.

I remember one day I came home and shouted to my grandmother, "Grandma, Sarah is pregnant!" Poor Sarah! For weeks before I had read how difficult it was for her to get pregnant. "Grandma! I have news for you!" "What did you learn?" "I have news, Grandma: Sarah is pregnant!" [Genesis 16 - 21].