Religion Quote by Oxford University Press

To be a Jew, essentially and not just accidentally, is to regard the Jewish people as one's sole primal community. Election by the unique…

— David Novak

“for many people conversion is simply a matter of aligning their religious life with that of their family, friends, and neighbors who already have…

— Rodney Stark

A Jew describes another Jew simply as a human being; a Gentile describes him, first and foremost, as a Jew.

— Gwethalyn Graham

A convert's enthusiasm for his new religion is greater than that of a person who is born in it.

— Anonymous

It is extremely difficult for a Jew to be converted, for how can he bring himself to believe in the divinity of - another…

— Heinrich Heine

[T]here's a genuine disconnect between the anti-choice movement and people who identify as 'pro-life' but aren't in the movement. ...[S]aying you're 'pro-life' is more…

— Amanda Marcotte

Jewish status is defined by the divine election of Israel and his descendants. One does not become a Jew by one's own volition.

— David Novak

A Jew is anyone who says he is.

— David Ben-Gurion

People think that, that conversion to Judaism is just a modern phenomenon. But there was an era in the late Roman Empire Judaism was…

— Susan Jacoby

To be a Jew means always being with the oppressed and never the oppressors.

— Marek Edelman

Now a Jew, in the dictionary, is one who is descended from the ancient tribes of Judea, or one who is regarded as descended…

— Lenny Bruce

The notion of someone who is fitting in or trying to become part of a larger family... It's hard to separate that from my…

— Marc Platt