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Jewish Quotes

The election of the Jewish people is the result of God’s falling in love with Abraham and founding a family with him Picture Quote #1

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 God requires total and unconditional loyalty to one people Picture Quote #1

My parents were born and brought up in New York City. My father was trained as an electrical engineer, and my mother was an elementary school teacher. They were the children of Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States from England and Lithuania in the late 1800s Picture Quote #1

I regard Christian and Jewish fundamentalism, and all other forms of fundamentalism, as the enemies of God - and I hope you’ll quote me on that Picture Quote #1

At school, I never had a hold on English history, and cheder was a place run by sadistic incompetents, so I felt alienated from the Jewish part of my past Picture Quote #1

The ancient Jewish people gave the world the vision of eternal peace, of universal disarmament, of abolishing the teaching and learning of war Picture Quote #1

You don’t have to be Jewish to understand the history of Europe in the 20th century, but it helps Picture Quote #1

There was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers - only ten to a hundred; and even the lucky ones had their troubles Picture Quote #1

The Jewish calendar, which is lunar, is a calendar of witness. The Sanhedrin, Jewry’s Congress, met in Jerusalem toward the end of every month to wait for the new moon Picture Quote #1

We certainly love the Muslim people. But that is not the faith of this country. And that is not the religion that built this nation. The people of the Christian faith and the Jewish faith are the ones who built America, and it is not Islam Picture Quote #1

My family is a Jewish Iranian family, but I was born in Turkey and raised in Italy. So it’s a very mixed background Picture Quote #1

I definitely have a strong sense of my Jewish and Israeli identity. I did my two-year military service; I was brought up in a very Jewish, Israeli family environment, so of course my heritage is very important to me Picture Quote #1

My family history, like that of many Polish, German and Jewish families from Central Europe in the 20th century, is complex Picture Quote #1

I think that being Jewish has generated an extremely strong sense of the importance of family. If I look at my Scandinavian colleagues, they don’t have that urgency about family. All my movies are about that Picture Quote #1

I was one of two Jewish kids in my school. We were probably one of two Jewish families in our town Picture Quote #1

I said in my earlier book, and find no reason for retracting my statement, that the famous Jewish sense of humour got lost in transit to Israel Picture Quote #1

[A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit Picture Quote #1

I didn’t want to be on the losing side. I was fed up with Jewish weakness, timidity and fear. I didn’t want any more Jewish sentimentality and Jewish suffering. I was sickened by our sad songs Picture Quote #1

I’m not afraid to be a Russian Jewish romantic in my approach to anything, even in my animal divinities, or anything about the feeling Picture Quote #1

Every Yom Kippur, Jewish tradition requires a strict spiritual inventory. You aren’t supposed to just sit around feeling guilty, but to take action in the real world to set things right Picture Quote #1

In the suburban Midwestern Reform Jewish world I was raised in, in the nineteen-seventies and eighties, grown men built plastic scale models of Israeli tanks and F-15 jets and displayed them throughout the house, dangling the warplanes from bedroom ceilings with fishing line Picture Quote #1

I’m Jewish, but not overly religious, and have certainly never formally observed the Fourth Commandment, other than via the tradition of wearing white on Friday nights at summer camp, which never seemed to dovetail with the fact that Fridays were also the night for grape juice Picture Quote #1

As a young girl, if you do something funny - especially if you’re Jewish - someone says, ‘Oh, have you seen Gilda Radner?’ Picture Quote #1

The German debt to the Jewish people can never end, not in this generation and not in any other Picture Quote #1

I’m going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli Picture Quote #1

The American Jewish left gets a lot of press time. But the American Jewish right does not. And in many ways, the American Jewish right is every bit as well-organized and perhaps better funded than the American Jewish left. And they also come out with criticism Picture Quote #1

At one point I would read nothing that was not by the great American Jews - Saul Bellow, Philip Roth - which had a disastrous effect of making me think I needed to write the next great Jewish American novel. As a ginger-haired child in the West of Ireland, that didn’t work out very well, as you can imagine Picture Quote #1

Watching ‘Girls,’ it was really angering for me at first, because I really had spent decades hiding unlikable, unattractive Jewish girls in likable, attractive, non-Jewish actors and characters Picture Quote #1

I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over Picture Quote #1

John Paul was the first modern pope to grow up in a secular culture: He attended public schools, danced with girls - indeed, as a teenager he had a crush on a beautiful Jewish girl who fled his hometown just ahead of the arrival of the Germans Picture Quote #1

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The election of the Jewish people is the result of God’s falling in love with Abraham and founding a family with him. (Jewish Quotes) 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 God requires total and unconditional loyalty to one people. (Jewish Quotes) My parents were born and brought up in New York City. My father was trained as an electrical engineer, and my mother was an elementary school teacher. They were the children of Jewish immigrants who had come to the United States from England and Lithuania in the late 1800s. (Jewish Quotes) I regard Christian and Jewish fundamentalism, and all other forms of fundamentalism, as the enemies of God - and I hope you’ll quote me on that. (Jewish Quotes) At school, I never had a hold on English history, and cheder was a place run by sadistic incompetents, so I felt alienated from the Jewish part of my past. (Jewish Quotes) The ancient Jewish people gave the world the vision of eternal peace, of universal disarmament, of abolishing the teaching and learning of war. (Jewish Quotes) You don’t have to be Jewish to understand the history of Europe in the 20th century, but it helps. (Jewish Quotes) There was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers - only ten to a hundred; and even the lucky ones had their troubles. (Jewish Quotes) The Jewish calendar, which is lunar, is a calendar of witness. The Sanhedrin, Jewry’s Congress, met in Jerusalem toward the end of every month to wait for the new moon. (Jewish Quotes) We certainly love the Muslim people. But that is not the faith of this country. And that is not the religion that built this nation. The people of the Christian faith and the Jewish faith are the ones who built America, and it is not Islam. (Jewish Quotes) My family is a Jewish Iranian family, but I was born in Turkey and raised in Italy. So it’s a very mixed background. (Jewish Quotes) I definitely have a strong sense of my Jewish and Israeli identity. I did my two-year military service; I was brought up in a very Jewish, Israeli family environment, so of course my heritage is very important to me. (Jewish Quotes) My family history, like that of many Polish, German and Jewish families from Central Europe in the 20th century, is complex. (Jewish Quotes) I think that being Jewish has generated an extremely strong sense of the importance of family. If I look at my Scandinavian colleagues, they don’t have that urgency about family. All my movies are about that. (Jewish Quotes) I was one of two Jewish kids in my school. We were probably one of two Jewish families in our town. (Jewish Quotes) I said in my earlier book, and find no reason for retracting my statement, that the famous Jewish sense of humour got lost in transit to Israel. (Jewish Quotes) [A]ll churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, are simply human inventions. They use fear to enslave us. They are a monopoly for power and profit. (Jewish Quotes) I didn’t want to be on the losing side. I was fed up with Jewish weakness, timidity and fear. I didn’t want any more Jewish sentimentality and Jewish suffering. I was sickened by our sad songs. (Jewish Quotes) I’m not afraid to be a Russian Jewish romantic in my approach to anything, even in my animal divinities, or anything about the feeling. (Jewish Quotes) Every Yom Kippur, Jewish tradition requires a strict spiritual inventory. You aren’t supposed to just sit around feeling guilty, but to take action in the real world to set things right. (Jewish Quotes) In the suburban Midwestern Reform Jewish world I was raised in, in the nineteen-seventies and eighties, grown men built plastic scale models of Israeli tanks and F-15 jets and displayed them throughout the house, dangling the warplanes from bedroom ceilings with fishing line. (Jewish Quotes) I’m Jewish, but not overly religious, and have certainly never formally observed the Fourth Commandment, other than via the tradition of wearing white on Friday nights at summer camp, which never seemed to dovetail with the fact that Fridays were also the night for grape juice. (Jewish Quotes) As a young girl, if you do something funny - especially if you’re Jewish - someone says, ‘Oh, have you seen Gilda Radner?’ (Jewish Quotes) The German debt to the Jewish people can never end, not in this generation and not in any other (Jewish Quotes) I’m going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli. (Jewish Quotes) The American Jewish left gets a lot of press time. But the American Jewish right does not. And in many ways, the American Jewish right is every bit as well-organized and perhaps better funded than the American Jewish left. And they also come out with criticism. (Jewish Quotes) At one point I would read nothing that was not by the great American Jews - Saul Bellow, Philip Roth - which had a disastrous effect of making me think I needed to write the next great Jewish American novel. As a ginger-haired child in the West of Ireland, that didn’t work out very well, as you can imagine. (Jewish Quotes) Watching ‘Girls,’ it was really angering for me at first, because I really had spent decades hiding unlikable, unattractive Jewish girls in likable, attractive, non-Jewish actors and characters. (Jewish Quotes) I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the Muslim girls from one neighborhood over. (Jewish Quotes) John Paul was the first modern pope to grow up in a secular culture: He attended public schools, danced with girls - indeed, as a teenager he had a crush on a beautiful Jewish girl who fled his hometown just ahead of the arrival of the Germans. (Jewish Quotes)

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