Band Quote by David Berman

If I believed in fate I'd be very curious why I picked the name Silver Jews.

— David Berman

Silver Jews was always a coolection of old friends. Uncoolection.

— David Berman

“Silver” is what I called girls who were natural beauties but who also smoothed on a layer of pretty from a jar. It wasn’t…

— Tayari Jones

People think of Jews as the Woody Allen stereotype, the nebbishy kind of thing, but that's not the kind of Jews I know. I…

— Scott Ian

The overlap between Pavement's fan base and people who liked Silver Jews was total. In my mind, even a local band with 20 fans…

— David Berman

In 2004, I don't think any Silver Jews fan was probably expecting another record.

— David Berman

I guess on all Silver Jews records, it's extremely male-centric.

— David Berman

I know what it means to be Jewish, and I don't think someone who wasn't Jewish would really understand.

— Logan Lerman

In the beginning, it was meant to be like a faceless art piece. Then I did the first record and it received enough notice…

— David Berman

For those of you who aren't aware I am Jewish, the name might have given it away, and there were no other Jewish kids…

— Maxwell Jacob Friedman

When I was growing up, I didn't know who Jewish people were, what it was to be Jewish.

— Mike Birbiglia

I've never talked about being Jewish in a promo ever. But my name is just so blatantly a Jewish name. It's not like my…

— Maxwell Jacob Friedman