The meaning of the universe lies outside the universe.

It is through exchange that difference becomes a blessing, not a curse.

The emphasis has been on rights, not responsibilities. When it comes to piecing together the fragments of broken lives, we have tended to place the entire burden on the state and its agencies.

Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.

Yom HaShoah is a vital day in the Jewish calendar, providing us with a focal point for our remembrance. We cannot bring the dead back to life, but we can bring their memory back to life and ensure they are not forgotten. We can undertake in our lives to do what they were so cruelly prevented from doing in theirs.

Religion is the best antidote to the individualism of the consumer age. The idea that society can do without it flies in the face of history and, now, evolutionary biology.

Israel is a democratic state with an independent judiciary, a free press and a diverse population of many cultures, religions and creeds.