What would I have done if I'd been put to the test? Would I have risked my own life for people I hardly knew? Probably, I would have looked the other way at best or become another apologist for evil at worst.

For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.

For a Christian, Jesus is the unique and only way that God has fully revealed himself. For a Jew this cannot be.

For a devotee or lover, the being, worshipped or loved, will always be the only one for her or him.

I was certainly open for something being on the edge of a nervous breakdown, perplexed by my own sexuality. I was gay.

Early on I saw the repression and idolatry of Stalinism, and when it cracked, I was open to religion again.

When you do a good turn you feel rich, even if you are broke.