The check comes home, she puts it in the bank, and we both spend.

Israel gives the West Bank water twice a week! One way of promoting good would be not to ration water.

I wish that only three residents of Tel Aviv could see what conditions on the West Bank are like. Living in such proximity, most Israelis have no idea about the adversity on the West Bank.

I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.

I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.

The New York Philharmonic is a tremendous opportunity, a great orchestra.