Cases Quote by David Novak

The rabbi is often the regular preacher in the synagogue, the man whose sermons offer his community more general theological and moral guidance.

— David Novak

Judaism is in a sense a Rabbinic, Talmudic religion, rather than a Biblical religion.

— Elie Wiesel

I'm deeply curious about Jewish things. I've toyed around with the idea of going to rabbinical school.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I would not speak of Judaism as a Talmudic or Rabbinic religion. It's a Biblical religion.

— Frank Moore Cross

The Jewish conception of the Jews as the Chosen People who must eventually rule the world forms indeed the basis of Rabbinical Judaism... The…

— Nesta Helen Webster

I learned early on that 'rabbi' means teacher, not priest.

— George Steiner

It's not what the rabbis say that defines Jewishness but what we Israelis do every day - our actions and our values.

— A. B. Yehoshua

What is supposed to be the very essence of Judaism - which is the notion that it is by study that you make yourself…

— Harold Bloom

I think Jewish history did away with a priesthood when the Temple was destroyed, and it became, supposedly, a religion of scholars. A rabbi…

— Ben Katchor

Jesus must have been married to have been called a rabbi.

— Darrel Ray

I think part of being Jewish is that innate desire to question things. Rabbis sit around all day and question the Torah. Giving yourself…

— Iliza Shlesinger

All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewishness.'

— S. Ansky