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"I cannot describe the joy I feel in seeing so many young people in the Boston area committed to the Jewish Labor Committee, and to its role as a bridge between the labor movement and the Jewish community."

"My mother had an expression which struck me as a meanspirited put-down, but rather accurate: In Yiddish: 'A kee gayt tzum Kiev, un kimt fun Kiev, un blaybt a kee.'"

"Vos ken ich zugn fun Yidish? What can I say about Yiddish? "

"Imagine my surprise when I picked up the paper some time ago to learn that Jacob is the most popular boy’s name in the U.S."

"There is a spiritual which begins, 'Woke up this morning with my mind on freedom.' Well, I woke up this morning with my mind on the fact that this would have been our 56th wedding anniversary if Sylvia and I were still married."