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You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.
Theodore Bikel
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Theodore Bikel
Age: 91 †
Born: 1924
Born: May 2
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
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Theodore Meir Bikel
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For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.
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I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.
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I always sang, I always acted, I always played.
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But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel.
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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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