"When I was growing up, I, like many……" — Bruce Feiler
"When I was growing up, I, like many Jews, cheered what appeared to be the receding of faith from everyday life. The further religion got from our lives the better our lives would get, I thought, because persecution had been such a burden to Jewish families for generations."
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44 Quotes by Bruce Feiler
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