If anyone had told us in 1945 that there are certain battles we'll have to fight again we wouldn't have believed it. Racism, anti-Semitism, starvation of children and, who would have believed that? At least I was convinced then, naively, that at least something happened in history that, because of myself, certain things cannot happen again.

I think [Sacrifice of Isaac] is the most important event in the Bible except for Sinai.

A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official.

Better that one heart be broken a thousand times in the retelling, he has decided, if it means that a thousand other hearts need not be broken at all.

The Holocaust is a sacred subject. One should take off one's shoes when entering its domain, one should tremble each time one pronounces the word.

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

My students are very special. They are my source of pride, my source of joy, my source of hope. I am terribly fond of my students.