"The twenty-first century is, and will remain, the Age of Insecurity."

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“Judaism is the refusal to give way to despair.”

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“If we are to cherish freedom, and to guard it, we must remember what the alternative is: the bread of affliction and the bitter herbs of slavery.”

“The meaning of the word "true" here is similar to the word Amen said after a blessing. It is an act of affirmation and ratification, reminding us that the Shema is less a prayer than a declaration of faith.”

“A society, or for that matter, a political party, that tolerates antisemitism, that tolerates any hate, has forfeited all moral credibility.”

“Faith is not a certainty. Faith is the courage to live with uncertainty.”

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