Born Quote by Steven Spielberg

When I was kid, yeah, my family, my parents wanted me to marry a Jewish girl because that was what they taught their children,…

— Adam Sandler

I was raised in an orthodox Jewish family. It felt good to be one of the 'chosen' people. But it all kind of fell…

— Joshua Rosenthal

I cried to my mother that I wanted to go to Hebrew school; I wanted Jewish friends. But when my mother took me, the…

— Caroline Leavitt

There was no question of ever sending us to Jewish schools... They wanted us out there. They wanted us to be lawyers and doctors.…

— Howard Jacobson

Raising children made me determine what I stand for, what I believe in, and who I want to be because, ultimately, I'm who they'll…

— Candace Cameron

My wife is Jewish, and therefore, it's my children's birthright to be Jewish.

— Michael J. Fox

I was little there were times I wanted my parents to be normal. I wanted them to have a religion. I wanted them to…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

I was a child that both my parents wanted. I was told from the time I was born that I was totally satisfactory. I…

— Margaret Mead

Knowing what I know now, if I could have chosen parents, I would have chosen exactly the ones God selected for me.

— Coretta Scott King

No one in my family is Jewish; no one was raised as a Jew, me included.

— Amar'e Stoudemire

When I was growing up, I, like many Jews, cheered what appeared to be the receding of faith from everyday life. The further religion…

— Bruce Feiler

My belief is that I wasn't born into Judaism by accident, and so I needed to find ways to honor that.

— Ram Dass