I was not the midwife of the Law School, but its fraternal twin.

Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state.

I showed that privacy was an implicit right in Jewish law, probably going back to the second or third century, when it was elaborated on in a legal way.

This principle of unity of the whole along with respect for individual differences is symbolized in the Mishkan, the Tabernacle.

Maimonides taught that it is better that 10 criminals go free than let one innocent man be executed. The Innocence Project represents that point of view.

Not all Modern Orthodox Jews, at the present juncture, identify with what the Israeli government does. In Israel many religious Zionists strongly oppose the government because of the disengagement.

No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts.

As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy law.

Most students have thoughts about emigrating to Israel. A significant number go on aliyah. We are proud of our Israel programs, which come at a considerable cost to the university.

In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.

Judaism is an intellectually based religion, and the single most important theme is that of study.

Sending love to all those who are trying their best to be nice and gentle despite being in the midst of negative as well as critical people…

I never really had the classic struggle. I had faith.

If the ignorance of nature gave birth to gods, the knowledge of nature is calculated to destroy them.

The word of a gentleman is as good as his bond — sometimes better; as in the present case, where his bond might prove but a doubtful sort of security.

I think it's important to accept all the ways that we're absurdly lucky. I'm a white male from a safe city in a wealthy country.

People are building communities of people who use video. They're sharing them. YouTube's traffic continues to grow very quickly.

How shall we account for our pursuits, if they are original? We get the language with which to describe our various lives out of acommon mint.

An occultation of Venus is not half so difficult as an eclipse of the sun, but because it comes seldom the world thinks it's a grand thing.

I'm easily destroyed and I operate on emotional levels.

I close my eyes while driving and just sing along. I always open them again in time.