In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.

No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts.

As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy law.

At Cardozo, study of law is part of a larger culture. You can get a law degree and make a good living, but it is best that you do that having studied the discipline for its own inherent merit, because you love studying.

Mutual commitment to ideals - yes; the stifling of all dissenting notions - no.

Judaism is an intellectually based religion, and the single most important theme is that of study.

My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science.