Contrary to many of the rumors and innuendo in circulation, I wholeheartedly believe that Obama views Israel's security as absolute.

Making money is marvelous, and I love doing it, and I do it reasonably well, but it doesn't have the gripping vitality that you have when you deal with the happiness of human life and with human deprivation.

The Jews' fear of assimilation and intermarriage should not replace fear of anti-Semitism.

George W. Bush is long gone, and with him the idea that 'Israel can do no wrong.'

Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn.

I've had three wives. I've had five weddings.

As an American Jew who loves Israel, I cannot support John McCain. He cannot provide what Israel needs most - a respected, credible, morally strong America.

The most vexing problem Israel faces is its relations with its neighbors. From the inception of the state until today, Israelis have felt besieged, surrounded by enemies who want to make them disappear.

Israel desperately needs peace if it is to come anywhere close to being the 'light unto nations' of Jewish dreams.

The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone has a vote, but also that the minority needs to yield to the wishes of the majority.