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The Jews belong to a dark and repulsive force. One knows how numerous this clique is, how they stick together and what… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
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“Herzl concluded that Jews could never be safe without their own homeland. At first, this half-pragmatist, half-utopian dreamed of a Germanic aristocratic… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
But for the Jews this moral-spiritual issue raises the same societal problem it does for the Greeks: how can a man have… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
The Jews celebrate Passover by eating unpalatable food to remind them what will happen to their people if they ever leave New… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Since I was 18 years old, I have taught the Bible. For the last fifteen or twenty years, I have taught every… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Jews have suffered persecution from misguided Christians who tortured the Jews for their part in killing Christ. These Christians forgot that Christ… — Sargent Shriver Copy Share Image
We can hardly get up in the morning or cross the street without being Jewish. We dream Jewish dreams and hope Jewish… — Thomas Cahill Copy Share Image
For Christians, the first priority may be theological self-understanding. For Jews it is, and after Auschwitz must be, simple safety for their… — Emil Fackenheim Copy Share Image
Intolerance lies at the core of evil. Not the intolerance that results from any threat or danger. But intolerance of another being… — Menachem Mendel Schneerson Copy Share Image
I don't have anything against organized religions, except when they engender hatred for other religions. A lot of that we see today,… — Al Jaffee Copy Share Image
“In Olney, five miles southeast of Piddington, he heard Thomas Scott. Later, he talked to Scott. The Anglican seemed a perfect spiritual… — Sam Wellman Copy Share Image
Of course I consider myself a Jewish writer - I am one! All of the protagonists in my five books have been… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
The fact that a Jewish state needs to exist at all - and it does need to exist - is an indictment… — Pat Condell Copy Share Image
It was more important to me to understand what its like to be this Jewish kid who felt he was so different… — Ryan Gosling Copy Share Image
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“community, and those who have intermarried. 3. Participants in an inclusive Jewish community lead with meaning rather than obligation. An inclusive Jewish… — Kerry M. Olitzky Copy Share Image
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When we talk about the Judeo-Christian or the Judeo-Muslim tradition, it's important to remember that we are speaking of a Jewish component… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
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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
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“While the American synagogue was built with the financial support of what are commonly called three-day-a-year Jews, referring to those who may… — Kerry M. Olitzky Copy Share Image
I come from a missionary family - I grew up in China - and in my case, my religious upbringing was positive.… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
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the usual attitude of Christians towards Jews is - I hardly know whether to say more impious or more stupid, when viewed… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
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We Jews who willingly and happily confirm our covenantal status and its attendant rights and duties must take the question of mission… — David Novak Copy Share Image
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