Jewish Tradition Quotes

18 Jewish Tradition quotes by 16 unique authors

• I was raised in the Jewish tradition, taught never to marry a Gentile woman, shave on a Saturday night and, most especially, never to shave… — Woody Allen
• Following the Rumanian tradition, garlic is used in excess to keep the vampires away... Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat)… — Calvin Trillin
• I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that is… — Fred Melamed
• I am a judge born, raised, and proud of being a Jew. The demand for justice runs through the entirety of the Jewish tradition. I… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Neither Jewish morality nor Jewish tradition can be used to disallow terror as a means of war, — Yitzhak Shamir
• The greatest Jewish tradition is to laugh. The cornerstone of Jewish survival has always been to find humor in life and in ourselves. — Jerry Seinfeld
• The Jewish tradition of learning-is learning. Adam chose knowledge instead of immortality. — Elie Wiesel
• In Jewish tradition, death-defying devotion to scholarship was the stuff of saintliness. — Israel Shenker
• It is obvious that the war which Hitler and his accomplices waged was a war not only against Jewish men, women, and children, but also… — Elie Wiesel
• The pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, an almost fanatical love of justice and the desire for personal independence -- these are the features… — Albert Einstein
• The concept known as bal tashchit--'Do no destroy'--has a special significance in Jewish tradition...We are constantly being warned in our faith that the capricious, thoughtless,… — David Geffen
• I felt there's a wealth in Jewish tradition, a great inheritance. I'd be a jerk not to take advantage of it. — Herman Wouk
• I grew up in a Jewish family, and we have raised our children in a Jewish tradition. Religion gives a framework for moral enquiry in… — Michael Sandel
• The most important part of the process of mourning is regularly reciting kaddish in a synagogue. Kaddish is a doxology, which Jewish tradition has mandated… — David Novak
• When Zionism becomes co-extensive with Jewishness, Jewishness is pitted against the diversity that defines democracy, and if I may say so, betrays one of the… — Judith Butler
• There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close. — Richard Rogers
• Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the table to give the vampires heartburn if they get through… — Calvin Trillin
• There is a big controversy on the Jewish view of when life begins. In Jewish tradition, the fetus is not considered viable until it graduates… — Nikhil Saluja

Who Wrote These Jewish Tradition Quotes

16 authors contributed a total of 18 Jewish Tradition Quotes as follows:

• 2 Jewish Tradition Quotes by Elie Wiesel
• 2 Jewish Tradition Quotes by Calvin Trillin
• 1 Jewish Tradition Quote by Yitzhak Shamir
• 1 Jewish Tradition Quote by Woody Allen
• 1 Jewish Tradition Quote by Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• 1 Jewish Tradition Quote by Richard Rogers
• 1 Jewish Tradition Quote by Nikhil Saluja
• 1 Jewish Tradition Quote by Michael Sandel
• 1 Jewish Tradition Quote by Judith Butler
• 1 Jewish Tradition Quote by Jerry Seinfeld
• 1 Jewish Tradition Quote by Israel Shenker
• 1 Jewish Tradition Quote by Herman Wouk
• 1 Jewish Tradition Quote by Fred Melamed
• 1 Jewish Tradition Quote by David Novak
• 1 Jewish Tradition Quote by David Geffen
• 1 Jewish Tradition Quote by Albert Einstein