Europe is dying. That is one of the unsayable truths of our time. We are undergoing the moral equivalent of climate change and no one is talking about it.

There are hard texts in each tradition which we must confront and ask ourselves, 'Can we reinterpret those texts to allow us to live peaceably, and respectfully, with people of other faiths?' That is a job only Jews can do for Judaism, only Christians can do for Christianity, and only Muslims can do for Islam. But sometimes the sight of someone in one faith wrestling with that faith can empower you to wrestle with another faith.

Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean.

The market economy is deeply congruent with the values set out in the Hebrew Bible. Material prosperity is a divine blessing. Poverty crushes the spirit as well as the body, and its alleviation is a sacred task. Work is a noble calling.

As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders.

To defend a country, you need an army, but to defend a civilization, you need education...

God is back and Europe as a whole still doesn't get it. It is our biggest single collective cultural and intellectual blind spot.