Values are tapes we play on the Walkman of the mind: any tune we choose so long as it does not disturb others.

The first of the request prayers in the daily Amidah is a fractal. It replicates in miniature the structure of the Amidah as a whole.

There's always hope. You can lose everything else in the world, but Jews never lose hope.

Jews know this in their bones. Our community could not exist for a day without its volunteers. They are the lifeblood of our organizations, whether they involve welfare, youth, education, care of the sick and elderly, or even protection against violence and abuse.

Marriage, sanctified by the bond of fidelity, is the nearest life gets to a work of art.

No great achiever - even those who made it seem easy - ever succeeded without hard work.

While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if it's hard. Invest in the spirit.