I refuse to do shows that are narrowly constructed, that appeal to only one sentiment. I do a lot of Jewish material in front of non-Jews and a lot of non-Jewish material in front of Jews on the simple theory that the non-Jews are entitled to a glimpse of a Jewish world and the Jews are entitled to a glimpse of the world.

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

No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.

For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.

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

Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?

I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sings about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing.