“American Jews are no longer a homogenous minority; we come in all colo...” — Ilan Stavans Quote

American Jews are no longer a homogenous minority; we come in all colors and from all corners of the world.

Yiddish, originally, in Eastern Europe was considered the language of children, of the illiterate, of women. And 500 years later, by the 19th century, by the 18th century, writers realized that, in order to communicate with the masses, they could no longer write in Hebrew. They needed to write in Yiddish, the language of the population.

I have always considered it a beautiful metaphor that Cervantes had no fixed address in Spain. He is thus everywhere and nowhere. There are a number of sites connected with his life, but none attract hordes of travellers the way Stratford-upon-Avon and the Globe Theatre in London draw Shakespeare aficionados.

'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.

You look rather rash my dear your colors don't quite match your face.

I choose colors I like and will photograph well. I don't do color theory!

When I write music, these colors pop out of me. It's hard to describe, but basically when I write music, I paint, and I add colors, and I add notes.

I don't want to imitate life in movies; I want to represent it. And in that representation, you use the colors you feel, and sometimes they are fake colors. But always it's to show one emotion.

Repertory theater is all about being part of the whole, one of the many colors in this vast palette.