Having people be afraid of you comes with responsibility.
The Tanakh says John Lennon is wrong.
As I'm getting to know Judaism, my view of the whole world is changing.
Judaism teaches everyone tolerance towards everyone.
Judaism to me, as badly as I practiced it, what I've always loved about it was its total embrace of complexity, its admission of unknowability.
I'd say, probably, intellectually I've drawn as much from Judaism as any other faith.
Israel must be able to defend itself - by itself - against any threat.
If I am right the Germans will say I was a German, and the French will say I was a Jew; If I am wrong the Germans will say I was a Jew and the French will say I was a German.
