Jews and Gypsies were well-nigh the only Diasporas in 19th century Europe. Now go to London, it is a collection of Diasporas.

If only evil things are done by evil people... Life would be then safe, morally elevated, cozy - we know how to spot evil people and what to do with them to pay for their crimes.

Everybody is in trouble, including the up-and-coming economic miracles of China, Brazil or India.

Some dozens of years ago, there was a debate conducted between people insisting that "this loaf of bread must be redistributed," and the others who said "instead of worrying about redistributing it, cutting differently, let's make it bigger." A third possibility was not imagined: that the loaf may be shrinking. But it is now a genuine possibility. It is even acting upon already, like in the case of the American invasion of Afghanistan and of Iraq in order to secure the supply of petrol for the Americans addicted to gas-guzzling cars.

The task is to keep the lost opportunities of the past alive.

Today's youth have been cast in a condition of liminal drift, with no way of knowing whether it is transitory or permanent.

The proof of my Jewishness is that iniquities done by Israel pain me much more than iniquities perpetrated by any other country.