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

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

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

Sometimes you have to fight for what you want,' Chip said, his expression set. 'Sometimes the fight is all you get.

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

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.