Giving is what makes a nation great.

The people of Israel are entitled, as is any other nation, to live in peace and safety.

Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives.

Giving is what makes a nation great.

If we are to cherish freedom, and to guard it, we must remember what the alternative is: the bread of affliction and the bitter herbs of slavery.

In Judaism faith means wrestling with God as Jacob once wrestled with an angel.

When we love and make loving commitments, we create families and communities within which people can grow and take risks, knowing that hands will be there to catch them should they fall.