Anecdotes Quote by S. Ansky

A Jew is anyone who says he is.

— David Ben-Gurion

I'm certainly not a practicing Jew. I would never claim, 'I'm Jewish.' That's not the first and foremost thing in my mind, as far…

— Scott Ian

The primary task of a Jew in turbulent times is to be Jewish.

— Elie Wiesel

When it comes to being Jewish, I can't help myself.

— Scott Rogowsky

Jewishness is a very big part of my identity. I am a proud Jew, I would say, who doesn't practice very actively.

— Ari Aster

“The beauty of a Jewish education is that you learn how to argue.”

— Andrea Dworkin

To be a Jew is to be strong with a strength that has outlived persecutions. It is to be wise against ignorance, honest against…

— Phyllis Bottome

Being a Jew, one learns to believe in the reality of cruelty and one learns to recognize indifference to human suffering as a fact.

— Andrea Dworkin

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

— Marek Edelman

I have a broad but not an expert or scholarly background in the Jewish tradition. I've tried to learn what I can from childhood,…

— Michael Sandel

To be a Jew is an act of the strenuous mind as it stands before the fakeries and lying seductions of the world, saying…

— Cynthia Ozick

I have a very strong sense of who I am as a Jew and a strong sense of belonging.

— Ron Ben-Israel