“God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, forget not their son who calls upon them now. You well know, You, source of all… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“Moreover, it is not just that the early documents are silent about so much of Jesus that came to be recorded in… — George Albert Wells 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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
I grew very skeptical of certain kind of Jewish separatism in my youth. I mean, I saw the Jewish community was always… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
The American Jewish left gets a lot of press time. But the American Jewish right does not. And in many ways, the… — Michael Oren Copy Share Image
The first profile piece on myself came about after my Rabbi sent information to the Jewish Chronicle on what I was up… — Benjamin Cohen Copy Share Image
What I took back, because of my exposure to the Jewish music of the 30s and the 40s in my upbringing with… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
I grew up on the north side of Chicago, in West Rogers Park, an overwhelmingly Jewish neighborhood. When I was 13, my… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I think that being Jewish has generated an extremely strong sense of the importance of family. If I look at my Scandinavian… — Susanne Bier Copy Share Image
“You have to look at Jews like Bina Gelbfish, to explain the wide range and persistence of the race. Jews who carry… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“But how has it happened that millions of fables, tales, legends, have been blended with both Jewish and Christian revelation that have… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I was Jewish, through and through, although in our house that didn't mean a whole lot. We never went to synagogue. I… — Gilbert Gottfried Copy Share Image
Perhaps the main stumbling block to a better, and more fruitful, theological relationship with Judaism and the Jewish people has been the… — David Novak Copy Share Image
“[ Said during a debate when his opponent asserted that atheism and belief in evolution lead to Nazism :] Atheism by itself… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I was raised Jewish, my wife was raised Catholic. Though we respect each other's heritage, and while many of our friends are… — Steven Levitan Copy Share Image
The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
It is not only a matter, I believe, of religious observance and practice. To me, being Jewish means and has always meant… — Golda Meir Copy Share Image
My father was a doctor in Moravia, in the south of the country. There were a number of Jewish doctors in the… — Tom Stoppard 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
“The women at Dachau knew they were about to be gassed when they pushed back the Nazi guard who wanted to die… — Jack Gilbert Copy Share Image
My family spans many world religions, ethnicities and nationalities. The truth is that I don't have one identity. I'm Scottish, British, European,… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
It was in the early 1960s that my late revered teacher, Professor Abraham Joshua Heschel, became the first major Jewish theologian in… — David Novak Copy Share Image