Richard Kind

I don't believe in a Jewish God.

I believe in God.

I believe there is a power and I believe that he encompasses all religions.

I believe that religion is just something that we go to to make us feel better or to give us some sort of foundation because the world is so full of chaos and we can't really find ourselves.

What I do believe is in my ancestors and I believe that Judaism, that form of foundation, must survive because these people gave their lives and they sacrificed and they believed

and in the Jewish religion and in the state of Israel and let them have a foundation that they believe in called Judaism.

So it's very important that I know what my roots are and what my heritage is and to serve my heritage.

No, I don't observe the Sabbath.

What I do observe is the High Holy Days because that God who I believe in and

And I live my life daily by, I hope, acting correctly to my fellow man, which is a form of prayer to me and a form of going to church or going to temple.

Wow, I can't believe I just said going to church.

I believe that is my way of serving God.

I believe I'm a good person.

And I try and do, I really do try and do unto others as I would myself.

So I do go to Rosh Hashanah and I do go to Yom Kippur and I am very observant about that.

Part of it's karma.

Part of it is, hey, don't tilt the boat, you know, don't rock the boat right now.

Just keep going.

And

It's also the acknowledgement of my parents, my grandparents, and all those heritage.