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

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

I was not allowed a physical lover. Falling in love with Love was the best I could get.

I began to see that my problems, seen spiritually, were really my soul's plusses.

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.

Discrimination against Jews can be read in Thomas Aquinas, and insults against Jews in Martin Luther.