After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.

You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.

I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.