We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory.
Theodore BikelRetiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.
Theodore BikelI 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.
Theodore BikelI prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.
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