Jesus studied the Torah; Mohammed studied the Torah, But I had ever studied the Torah. It was about time.
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Someone shocked me by pointing out to me that all my books-my autobiography and my three novels-seem to have the same theme. Each is about a man who is coming to terms with himself, who is looking back at who he was, and who he is and wondering who he will become. And each man is a Jew. When I read it now, I see it plainly. I see that no matter how far I ran away from my Jewishness, it was always there. Sometimes it was behind me, or to the side, or in front of me, but it was always there. ….
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It took me so long to figure out that I need not go very far … The journey is a journey into our souls. The destination had been predetermined for each one of us. The destination is death. G-d will decide when we have arrived. That part is out of our hands. But we have the free will, the choice of how we travel, just how we will climb that mountain of life.
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The world is still full of wonders to me. The adults around me seem to know all about it, so how come I don’t? But maybe they’re just faking. I’m sure they don’t understand the biggest mystery-the mystery of the soul. …. Where does this inner voice come from? What is the source of our yearnings to reach beyond ourselves?
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Birth: | 9th December, 1916 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Actor, Author, Director, Producer |
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