Conflict Quote by Ezra Furman

My music is really about people connecting with their identities, even if they aren't Jewish.

— Matisyahu

The Jewish culture - people that are Jewish have a certain cultural habit that they've formed and one of those habits is an appreciation…

— Woody Allen

I have never heard of a tradition among Jews that encourages us to support each others' differences. Quite the contrary. What I've always been…

— Irena Klepfisz

For me this is the vital litmus test: no intellectual society can flourish where a Jew feels even slightly uneasy.

— Paul Johnson

Jazz is such a powerful cultural statement that it's almost as if it's intertwined with society.

— Tom Harrell

Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.

— Billy Joel

It's based around a Jewish family but it really is a universal theme about getting along and coming along.

— Jami Gertz

I think we as human beings need to be able to appreciate each other's differences and I think jazz really takes us in that…

— Herb Alpert

Some people think I'm a rock 'n' roll musician and some think I'm a jazz musician but, for me, there is no difference.

— Georgie Fame

The good Jew is ritually observant and resists assimilation, in some sense living apart, never fitting comfortably into American or any other society.

— Elliott Abrams

To me, groups of musicians playing together, not fighting each other, but playing a groove together is one of the most exciting things to…

— Phil Collins

Part of knowing who we are is knowing we are not someone else. And Jew is only the name we give to that stranger,…

— Arthur Miller