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“I'm rather secular. I'm basically Jewish. But I think I'm Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.” quote by Mel Brooks — Download Open image

“I'm rather secular. I'm basically Jewish. But I think I'm Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.”

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