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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.
Theodore Bikel
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Theodore Bikel
Age: 91 †
Born: 1924
Born: May 2
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
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After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.
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I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent.
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I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew.
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I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.
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What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine.
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The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before.
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Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route.
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In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event.
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Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples.
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I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.
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