“We need to be moral archaeologists to pull out how we understand the world” WorldNeedsMoralJudaismArchaeologists Author:Yosef Abramowitz
“I don't pretend that all the first Zionists wanted Israel to be a moral state. For some it was quite enough that it be a normal state. Just like everyone else.” FirstsStatesEnoughWantedMoralNormalIsraelJudaismZionist Author:Jonathan Freedland
“If these two couldn't divorce why on earth would we expect them to get married?” IfsTwoEarthMarriedDivorceJudaism Author:Jonathan Freedland
“Never does the Tanakh suggest that our being a people means that only we have a right to an ancestral homeland and that other people don't.” PeopleMeanDoeJudaismHomeland Author:Daniel Gordis
“Having people be afraid of you comes with responsibility.” PeopleResponsibilityJudaism Author:Daniel Gordis
“Church reminded me very much of going to shul. It was a bunch of men wearing long robes, speaking in a language I didn't understand.” MenLongLanguageChurchBunchJudaismRobes Author:Amy-Jill Levine
“I've got a good shepherd; you've got a sadistic dentist.” JudaismShepherdsDentistSadisticGood Shepherd Author:Amy-Jill Levine
“Our responsibility is to love God and to love our neighbour which is what Jesus taught and it's also what Judaism taught - and that would make sense because Jesus was Jewish.” JesusResponsibilityTaughtMake SenseGod LoveJudaismNeighbour Author:Amy-Jill Levine
“A creative, thoughtful, and accomplished people such as the Jewish people should be known by what they have done and not by what has been done to them.” PeopleShouldHas BeensDoneKnownCreativeThoughtfulAccomplishedJudaism Author:Deborah Lipstadt