Barrier Quote by Scott Turow

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

— Marek Edelman

“A Jew had once saved his life and he couldn't forget that. He couldn't join a party that antagonized people in such a way...…

— Markus Zusak

“to serve the majority of the Jewish community, even its entirety, rather than just those who are members of Jewish institutions.”

— Kerry M. Olitzky

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

“Life had altered in the wildest possible way, but it was imperative that they act as if nothing at all had happened. Imagine smiling…

— Markus Zusak

“Being Jewish did not compromise the humanitarian and universalist ideals of my close relatives who, having experienced persecution close hand, were more concerned with…

— Daniel Waterman

“We were not conspicuous Jews. We wore our Judaism as people do almost everywhere in the world: under the shirt, not hidden, but tucked…

— André Aciman

“No other ethnic group has even come close to matching the abilities and accomplishments of Jews.”

— H.W. Charles

“In 1929, Einstein, who had once lived in Switzerland, wrote: When I came to Germany fifteen years ago I discovered for the first time…

— Phyllis Goldstein

“The only reason for this treatment was that they were Jews.”

— Muriel Knox Doherty

“without fighting back. The persecution of the Jews”

— Miklós Nyiszli

The Jews should not be allowed to keep what they have obtained from others by usury; it were best that they were compelled to…

— Thomas Aquinas