I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts.

But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.

I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.

I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong.

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.