“Ancient Arabic may naturally be regarded as the chief source of the Hebrew language.” — John Courtenay James Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I didn't know who Jewish people were, what it was to be Jewish. — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
To be a success as a Broadway composer, you must be Jewish or gay. I'm both. — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
Christians call it the "Sacrifice of Isaac," and Jews call it the "Binding of Isaac." — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
If certain Jewish communities had distinctive qualities, they were due to history, not biology. — Shlomo Sand Copy Share Image
Judaism is a way of thinking, more than anything else, that I think is entirely distinct, and the more you know of… — Ezra Furman Copy Share Image
I hate ignorant people who don't know the difference between Jews and zionists and Muslims and terrorists. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Since the turn of the 20th century, members of the Jewish community in Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia have been meeting… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the 5,000-year history of Jewish thought, the notion of a God-man is completely anathema to everything Judaism stands for. — Reza Aslan Copy Share Image
As African Americans, we always have to fight for inclusion, despite your moral background: Christian, Muslim, Jewish - it doesn't matter. — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
If Catholics and Jews can today come together regularly for talks after so many tears and so much blood have been shed,… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
In life you are given two ends; one to think with and the other to sit on. Your success in life depends… — Conrad Burns Copy Share Image
“[According to 1348 theorists, poisoning of Christian water by Jews was the cause of Black Death.] Even the poison used to contaminate… — John Kelly Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is the most Jewish president we've ever had (except for Rutherford B. Hayes). No president, not even Bill Clinton, has… — Jeffrey Goldberg Copy Share Image
“Because Matthew, more than any other NT document, addresses Jewish concepts closely paralleled in the emerging rabbinic movement, the common scholarly view… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Jewish sages also tell us that God dances when His children defeat Him in argument, when they stand on their feet… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
“About the last Exodus: Virtually every one of us Russian Jews had to choose between “to leave or not to leave” as… — Leo Pevsner Copy Share Image
The moral certitude of the state in wartime is a kind of fundamentalism. And this dangerous messianic brand of religion, one where… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
And as for the Jews, who since the emancipation of their sect have everywhere put themselves, at least in the person of… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
To find the cause of our ills in something outside ourselves, something specific that can be spotted and eliminated, is a diagnosis… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image