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> [“& they kind of probe about your future & if you have a will or why you bother to accumulate all that stuff or what you plan to do with your old age & aren't you scared about being put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/they-kind-of-probe-about-your-future-if-you-have-a-will-or-why-you/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

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## More by Irena Klepfisz

> [How do we work together? For if we want liberation for women, then we're committed to building a society in which these distances--of class…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/how-do-we-work-together-for-if-we-want-liberation-for-women-then-we/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

> [...I've stopped wanting to do any work at all. All work is bullshit. Everyone knows that. No matter how many telephones and extensions, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/i-ve-stopped-wanting-to-do-any-work-at-all-all-work-is-bullshit/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

> [“& they kind of probe about your future & if you have a will or why you bother to accumulate all that stuff or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/they-kind-of-probe-about-your-future-if-you-have-a-will-or-why-you/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

> [What we grieve for is not the loss of a grand vision, but rather the loss of common things, events and gestures… ordinariness is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/what-we-grieve-for-is-not-the-loss-of-a-grand-vision-but-rather-the/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

> [Poland remains undzer heym, our home, no matter how bitter the memories, how filled with disappointment and betrayal. Amerike iz goles, America is exile,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/poland-remains-undzer-heym-our-home-no-matter-how-bitter-the-memories/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

> [...I am an outsider, a lesbian, a shikse. The Jewish community is not my community. But as a Jew--as a Jew in a Christian,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/i-am-an-outsider-a-lesbian-a-shikse-the-jewish-community-is-not-my/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

> [...Jews must learn to say without excuse, without equivocation: despite our history and our powerlessnessin the past, despite all the injustices that we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/jews-must-learn-to-say-without-excuse-without-equivocation-despite/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

> [To most middle-class feminists, as to most middle-class non-feminists, working-class women remain mysterious creatures to be “reached out to” in some abstract way. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/to-most-middle-class-feminists-as-to-most-middle-class-non-feminists/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

> [“I numb myself and begin the body check skimming quickly unwilling to be caught in strangers' tragedies, only looking directly at those whom I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/i-numb-myself-and-begin-the-body-check-skimming-quickly-unwilling-to/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

> [Most Jewish feminists and gays that I know remain angry and frustrated by Jewish progressives. Deeply committed to progressive causes, frequently in the vanguard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/most-jewish-feminists-and-gays-that-i-know-remain-angry-and/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

> [...Iknow the bitter fact that most lives are incredibly wasted, that opportunities for developing identity, for receiving pleasure, for achieving a sense of self-worth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/iknow-the-bitter-fact-that-most-lives-are-incredibly-wasted-that/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

> [The aspirations of most people--security, pleasure, leisure, meaningful work, creative and intellectual pursuits--are to be supported. These desires and dreams are not shameful. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/the-aspirations-of-most-people-security-pleasure-leisure-meaningful/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

> [...Jews must learn to say without excuse, without equivocation: despite our history and our powerlessness in the past, despite allthe injustices that we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/jews-must-learn-to-say-without-excuse-without-equivocation-despite-2/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

> [I have never heard of a tradition among Jews that encourages us to support each others' differences. Quite the contrary. What I've always been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-klepfisz/i-have-never-heard-of-a-tradition-among-jews-that-encourages-us-to/)

[Irena Klepfisz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-klepfisz/)

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