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title: "6 Jewish Didn Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Son, you can't go around painting yourself black, you hear?" "Why not, Papa?" "Because they'll take you away." "Why?" "Because you shouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/markus-zusak/son-you-can-t-go-around-painting-yourself-black-you-hear-why-not-papa/)

[Markus Zusak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/markus-zusak/)

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> [I'm not technically a Jew because my mom is Christian and sexually attractive. But my dad is so Jewish that I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-povitsky/i-m-not-technically-a-jew-because-my-mom-is-christian-and-sexually/)

[Esther Povitsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-povitsky/)

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> [I was raised Jewish. I didn't know anything about Christianity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-young/i-was-raised-jewish-i-didn-t-know-anything-about-christianity/)

[Josh Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-young/)

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> [In school they told me I was a Jew, "a filthy Jew." At first I asked myself what exactly that was. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-lasker-wallfisch/in-school-they-told-me-i-was-a-jew-a-filthy-jew-at-first-i-asked/)

[Anita Lasker-Wallfisch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-lasker-wallfisch/)

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> [Being Jewish myself, I somehow didn't see the problem: who cares what a mentally ill (but strangely likable) individual says? If he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-silman/being-jewish-myself-i-somehow-didn-t-see-the-problem-who-cares-what-a/)

[Jeremy Silman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-silman/)

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> [Look. I have always rejected the argument that members of Congress cast their vote because they're Jewish or not Jewish. I didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-israel/look-i-have-always-rejected-the-argument-that-members-of-congress/)

[Steve Israel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-israel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/steve-israel-28963_argument_look-i-have-always-rejected-the-argument_2195993.jpg)

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