Bar mitzvah Quote by Jesse Eisenberg

Religion triggers a lot of emotions in me, most of which stem from being raised Jewish in a very Baptist community in the South.…

— David Cross

I grew up pretty secular. I went to public school, and all the Jews that I knew, none of them were religious. While probably…

— Matisyahu

I grew up with very little religious training. Actually, like, none. I think what Jewishness I felt as a kid stemmed almost entirely from…

— Jonathan Raymond

Religion is rarely mentioned in current prime-time dramas or sitcoms that supposedly reflect the way we live now.

— Dan Wakefield

Being Jewish in West L.A., my religion was watching comedy. That felt like God to me.

— Molly Gordon

Although I was raised Jewish, my upbringing didn't include any formal religious education or training.

— Melissa Gilbert

I went to bar mitzvahs as a kid. I had a lot of classmates who are Jewish.

— John David Washington

I was raised in a religious home. It was unreasonable enforced religion that turned me off it. It was a joyless, unpleasant, stupid, barbaric…

— Woody Allen

My family was totally non-religious. There was no question we were Jewish, but we were not observant.

— Elayne Boosler

I was raised Jewish and bar mitzvahed.

— Dan Futterman

I'm the only one in my family - I'm a practicing Jew - who has attached themselves to religion in a more traditional way.

— Jessica Hecht

I was Jewish, through and through, although in our house that didn't mean a whole lot. We never went to synagogue. I never had…

— Gilbert Gottfried