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But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.
By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul.
Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.
Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?
Every actor wants to direct.
For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.
Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out.
I always sang, I always acted, I always played.
I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.
I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.
I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.
I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts.
I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.
I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent.
I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.
I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.
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.
I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song of my neighbor.
I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.
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A. P. Herbert
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BirthDate
24 September, 1890
DeathDate
11 November, 1971
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