I say to myself, if the text was good enough for my father and grandfather, it must be good enough for me. I admit, that is a rather personal way of approaching the text - or a prayer.

I never compared Nazis into communism, but communism was the same thing, the end justifies the means. Whatever the means.

For nearly 3,500 years Exodus has left such an imprint on people's memories that I cannot imagine it had been invented just as a legend or a tale.

Anything you want to say about God you better make sure you can say in front of a pit of burning babies.

The Bible is interpreted by the Talmud. Except, in Rabbinic tradition, a Talmudic law has the weight of the Biblical law. Sometimes we say in a prayer, "Blessed are Thou, O God, who has ordered us and commended us," to do something. But you don't find that "something" in the Bible; you find it in the Talmud. So Talmudic law becomes as important as Biblical law.

Each man was his own executioner and his own victim.

I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both.