In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.

I learnt pity, sympathy, and what it was like to be at the other end of the stick. Such lessons can't be learnt in lecture halls.

During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school.

To my surprise, my 70s are nicer than my 60s and my 60s than my 50s, and I wouldn't wish my teens and 20s on my enemies.

Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent.

I still go to a Christian priory for retreats.

I feel that the Christian experience and the Jewish one have much to give each other. If this open society continues and there is no return to political anti-Semitism, then this encounter, deeper than any theology, may happen.