No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation.

But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.

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

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.

You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.

On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.

But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel.