Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.

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

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

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

Follow your passion. Nothing - not wealth, success, accolades or fame - is worth spending a lifetime doing things you don't enjoy.

In her religious role, the Queen is head of the Church of England, but in her civic role she cares for all her subjects, and no one is better at making everyone she meets feel valued.

The Jewish festival of freedom is the oldest continuously observed religious ritual in the world. Across the centuries, Passover has never lost its power to inspire the imagination of successive generations of Jews with its annually re-enacted drama of slavery and liberation.