I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
Miami Beach - that's where I grew up, in a middle-class Jewish family led by my maternal grandfather. Me, my great-grandmother -… — Brett Ratner Copy Share Image
I'm not technically a Jew because my mom is Christian and sexually attractive. But my dad is so Jewish that I didn't… — Esther Povitsky Copy Share Image
My mum was raised Jewish, my dad is very scientifically minded, and my school was vaguely Christian. We sang hymns in school.… — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
“Herman and I have been doing a lot of talking about the cake the past couple of days, and we think we… — Stacey Ballis Copy Share Image
The real reason Jews don't have more Hanukkah music is that, historically, American Jewish singer-songwriters were too busy making Christmas music. 'White… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
The search for a Jewish national home came about due to centuries of anti-Semitic pogroms, expulsions, discrimination and hate. The Holocaust was… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
My parents were born and brought up in New York City. My father was trained as an electrical engineer, and my mother… — David Lee Copy Share Image
I feel that I am completely in solidarity with Jews in the world, because I know what it is to be a… — Stephane Hessel Copy Share Image
Mother humor is such a universal theme. I wrote a show called '25 Questions for a Jewish Mother.' I had people coming… — Judy Gold Copy Share Image
In the past some of the most influential Jewish, Christian and Muslim theologians, such as Maimonides, Aquinas and Ibn Sina, made it… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
I am not a religious person, nor do I have any regrets. The war took care of that for me. You know,… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
Through these offices it was my privilege to get to know almost every Jewish person, and those whom I did not come… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It will not do to say that international law is the enemy of the Jewish people, since the Jewish people surely did… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
I'm regarded outside New York University as a looney tunes leftie, self-hating Jewish communist; inside the university, I'm regarded as a typical,… — Tony Judt Copy Share Image
Honestly, what can really be said about 'the Jewish people' as a whole? Is it not a lamentable stereotype to make large… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
Jewish Americans weren't just integrated, like other ethnic and religious groups. They also attracted a particular sympathy and admiration, rooted in Holocaust… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
I have excellent relationships with Jewish organizations and participate every year in a Hanukkah celebration with my family. There haven't been any… — Viktor Yushchenko Copy Share Image
I don't know if it's because my father's from Argentina, that I'm the son of an immigrant, I don't know if its… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
“How can I—how can any of us—let you go? You are woven through us, from birth to death. You educated me, married… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
“To be honest with you, I’ve always felt a little Jewish.” “You have an aversion to shellfish and German opera?” “I was… — Daniel Silva Copy Share Image
For those who have envisioned the State of Israel to be a democracy, which although primarily a Jewish polity for Jews is… — David Novak Copy Share Image
In historical messianism, the reign of the Messiah is brought about by a Jewish ruler powerful enough to gather the Jewish exiles… — David Novak Copy Share Image
According to Jewish legend, only the very wisest and very holiest rabbis had the power to make golems, animated servants of clay.… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
Judaism had absolutely nothing to do with my past marriage to Mike [Todd] or my upcoming marriage to Eddie Fisher, both of… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
The Orthodox believe in Jewish literacy, and most of the rest of us couldn't care less. Rabbis and other creatures have a… — Michael Steinhardt Copy Share Image
The Jewish tradition presents itself as the greatest revelation of God's truth that can be known in the world. That is why… — David Novak Copy Share Image
In the modern era, Jewish sovereignty over the land of our ancestors is a relatively short phenomenon. From the time of the… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
Now, when we say we want peace, what we want is really for our Palestinian neighbours to have a demilitarized state next… — Benjamin Netanyahu Copy Share Image
“What Can Be Learned From a Thief The saintly Rabi Zusya was originally a disciple of the tsaddik Rabbi Dov Baer of… — Pinhas Sadeh Copy Share Image
The No. 1 best-selling Christmas album of all time is from Kenneth Bruce Gorelick, the Jewish smooth-jazz legend Kenny G. American Jews… — Matisyahu Copy Share Image
I was named after my Jewish grandfather who left Poland early in the 20th century. What I knew from an early age… — Morris Gleitzman Copy Share Image
“Devareux also made mention of finding "angel hair" that melted when touched but was so radioactive as to break a Geiger counter,… — Thomm Quackenbush Copy Share Image
The opposition tried to brand us as the 'Ground Zero megamosque.' The language was deliberately wordsmithed in order to arouse hostility against… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
The Middle East is a land of great injustice. The Israelis can claim - or wish to, at least - that Lord… — Robert Fisk Copy Share Image
I think the best way to view the Gospels is to view them as a magnificent portrait being painted by Jewish artists… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
If Ivan the Terrible had been kissed and loved between zero and three, he probably would have become Ivan Not So Terrible.… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Mainstream media has convinced people that black people aren't relatable. So when a Jewish person comes up to me and is all,… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little… — Ben Stein Copy Share Image
I grew up in a Jewish family, and we have raised our children in a Jewish tradition. Religion gives a framework for… — Michael Sandel Copy Share Image