There's a charm, there's a rhythm, there's a soul to Jewish humor. When I first saw Richard Pryor perform, I told him,… — Alan King Copy Share Image
I don't think a Jewish or Christian or Islamic state is a proper concept. I would object to the United States as… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“...all necessary measures should be taken to encourage and stimulate immigration of Jews into Palestine on a large scale. — joint statement… — Sol Stern Copy Share Image
I consider myself a Jewish writer, like all my heroes: Tom Stoppard, David Mamet, Philip Roth, Arthur Miller, Woody Allen. — Patrick Marber Copy Share Image
Then, as if that's not enough, then they declare that my wife is Jewish or Serbian. Luckily for me, she never was… — Franjo Tudjman Copy Share Image
What you do for Jewish New Year is you go down to Times Square ... It's a lot quieter than the regular… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Now, I have friends. They're not from Palermo, they're not from Sicily... They're not even Italians. They're Jewish. But they're still my… — Lucky Luciano Copy Share Image
I love having that creative discussion where, at the end of the day, you both feel better for having done it. Maybe… — Liev Schreiber Copy Share Image
I'm Jewish and respect the traditions of Judaism, but through all the time I've spent photographing nature, I also have a deep… — Louie Schwartzberg Copy Share Image
It's very clear from Biblical history and Jewish history that Jewish monotheism wasn't developed in an instant, that it became gradually the… — Robert Winston Copy Share Image
“I'd like to meet the man who decided that people do or don't look Jewish. What the hell does that mean anyway?… — Lauren Bacall Copy Share Image
“There, a simple headstone marked the grave of Eva Saloman Johansen, "beloved wife and grandmother." Tess was intrigued to see a phrase… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
Poles and Jews have been living on this land together for almost 1,000 years. Who can tell how much Jewish blood is… — Andrzej Duda Copy Share Image
“In my philosophy, I think churches should not argue and be greedy with money. I think different churches like the synagogues, mosques,… — Simi Sunny Copy Share Image
Under Hitler it was the entrepreneurial and professional classes who were the first victims of Nazi boycotts and exclusion. Today it is… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
The history of the Jews has been written overwhelmingly by scholars of texts - understandably given the formative nature of the Bible… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people. — Ken Livingstone Copy Share Image
The Romans weren't trying to kill all the Jews, but they did destroy Jewish resistance to Roman rule. Jerusalem was turned into… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
There is no question that Israelis - indeed, all concerned Jews - have to continue to work out a Jewish public philosophy… — David Novak Copy Share Image
Jews have been in Egypt since Biblical times, and Alexandria had once been, at least partially, a Jewish city. — Meir Kahane Copy Share Image
I'm Jewish. I don't work out. If God had wanted us to bend over, He would have put diamonds on the floor. — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
In North America, the greatest threat to the Jewish people is not the external force of antisemitism, but the internal forces of… — Michael Steinhardt Copy Share Image
I am not conventionally religious, but I am an ongoing student of the Old and the New Testament and the history of… — Robert Littell Copy Share Image
If you had to say in one sentence what being Jewish means, it is being able to make fun of yourself Jewishly. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
I regard Christian and Jewish fundamentalism, and all other forms of fundamentalism, as the enemies of God - and I hope you'll… — Arthur Hertzberg Copy Share Image
While I have the utmost respect for people who practice the Christian faith, the fact is, as everyone knows, I am as… — Jackie Mason Copy Share Image
When we fought for freedom, for the establishment of a Jewish state, we didn't send a questionnaire to the Jewish nation asking… — Yitzhak Shamir Copy Share Image
“But when he say Gwendolyn's father, he immediately knew that he was Jewish, in the way that Jews recognize each other, as… — Sharon Pomerantz Copy Share Image
Jewish and Palestinian nationalism are virtually contemporaneous, and grew out of the disruptions that created new national movements from the ruins of… — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support. — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
“This war will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongol massacres and… — Sol Stern Copy Share Image
I'm Italian, but some people think I'm Jewish because I work the Yiddish. I also work the Italian, by the way. — Joy Behar Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks I'm Jewish. I'm not. Last year I got a call: "Happy Hanukkah." I said "Ma, I'm not Jewish." — Joy Behar Copy Share Image
Seattle is like a global gumbo, a melting pot with all kinds of people - the rich, the poor, white people, some… — Quincy Jones Copy Share Image
Jewish guilt is more like my dad, who's very Howard Ratner... He's always calling me up on a High Holiday: 'Did you… — Sarah Sherman Copy Share Image
There is a school in Israel called Hand in Hand which I support. There Arab and Jewish students study together on a… — Zubin Mehta Copy Share Image
For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
If you are trying to raise a child to be a Jew, then you have to create a sense of Jewish identity.… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
The success that I have in sitcoms comes from the fact that 60 percent of the writers are Jewish guys in their… — Sam Seder Copy Share Image
The Arab world needs to appreciate that legitimate historical claims and modern necessities are what make Israel the homeland of the Jewish… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
