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

I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure seemed to swing irrevocably between horror and malediction.

I think so. 9/11 has been a turning point in American history, there's no doubt about that.

Of course, afterward, I studied [commentary on the Bible by a Rabbi Moshe Dessauer] more closely. But, in truth, it doesn't touch me. It doesn't change my attitude toward the text.

I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.

It was the beginning of the war. I was twelve years old, my parents were alive, and God still dwelt in our town.

There is not anti-semitism as an ideology. The civilized world must think that anti-semitism is stupid.