He fervently believed in his Israeli nationalism until the day that he discovered that the rabbis did not want him to marry the woman he loved simply because she was an Asian, a Gentile.
او عمیقاً به ملیت اسرائیلی خود افتخار می‌کرد ،‏ تا زمانی که فهمید که خاخام‌ها نمی‌خواهند با زنی که دوستش دارد ازدواج کند ،‏ به این دلیل که آسیایی و غیریهودی بود .‏