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I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings.

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Theodore Bikel
Age: 91 †
Born: 1924
Born: May 2
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
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Vienna
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I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.
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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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While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can be said to be an ongoing proposition, fragmented as its components are in ideology and in practice.
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No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.
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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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I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.
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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.
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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 always sang, I always acted, I always played.
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In my world, history comes down to language and art.
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