Children Quote by Joyce Carol Oates

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

— Mike Birbiglia

I never paid much attention to being Jewish when I was a kid. In fact, I'd say my religion was more surfing than Judaism…

— Julian Schnabel

I do strongly identify with being Jewish. I was raised Orthodox and had a childhood complicated by the fact that my father was deeply…

— Dani Shapiro

My dad was Jewish. My mom is not. So I was not raised anything.

— Matt Lauer

If you are trying to raise a child to be a Jew, then you have to create a sense of Jewish identity. You really…

— Elliott Abrams

What it depends on is someone's upbringing and the traditions and that is how you decide if you are Jewish or not.

— Andrzej Duda

I'm not completely Jewish, if you know what I mean. I know people want me to be. My father is Jewish. My mother isn't.

— Julian Edelman

I never even realized I was Jewish until I was practically grown up. Or rather, I used to feel that everybody in the world…

— Joseph Heller

I'm not technically a Jew because my mom is Christian and sexually attractive. But my dad is so Jewish that I didn't go to…

— Esther Povitsky

I'm Jewish, but I'm totally not.

— Sarah Silverman

As a matter of fact, part of being Jewish is the whole question of what it is to be a Jew.

— Peter Riegert

Being Jewish is a culture and a religion; we have food, music, and land specific to us.

— Ari Shaffir