“Disengagement is a response to certain demographic realities, .. Within a few years, due to the higher Arab birth rate, Jews will become a minority in the area between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. I don't want [Israel] to be South Africa because we don't believe in apartheid. We simply have to separate from the Palestinians so that we can control our own destinies.” WantYearsBelieveRealityCertainDestinySeaBirthHigherAreasRiversSouthResponseRateDon't BelieveJewIsraelDuesMinoritiesPalestinianSouth AfricaJordanApartheidDemographicsBirth RateDisengagementMediterranean Sea Author:Ehud Olmert
“From the 9th to the 15th centuries, the area which is now modern Spain was home to the greatest peaceful agglomeration of cultures ever known in the post-literate worldEven more remarkable than the flowering of art itself was the confluence of cultures that produced it: under the rule of Islam, Muslims, Jews and Christians lived and worked together in relative harmony.” ArtHomeChristianTogetherCultureKnownModernCenturyAreasHarmonyIslamJewPeacefulPostsRemarkableRelativeSpainFloweringConfluence Author:Maya Beiser
“When comics came along in the 1930s there was a talent pool waiting. And one reason is so many areas were closed to Jews. Colleges, advertising agencies, many of the corporations - the doors that were closed led to the one that was open.” ReasonWaitingDoorsTalentCollegeAreasJewAdvertisingCorporationsAgencyPool1930sAdvertising Agencies Author:Jerry Robinson
“There was an Israeli artist who was in grad school with me. I remember trying to get to know him on a more personal level. He had moved to the Fairfax area, not realizing that it's a super Jewish part of L.A. He told me, I don't understand why American Jews feel this connection with me. I was embarrassed because I was feeling that connection with him, too!” KnowsFeelsTryingFeelingsSchoolRememberArtistRealizingLevelsAreasConnectionsMovedJewEmbarrassedIsraeliGradGrad School Author:Jill Soloway
“Montreal is a very cosmopolitan, sophisticated, erudite, educated, glorious city today. But it wasn't quite that way when I was growing up there. There was a lot of anti-Semitism. And I had to deal with that in an area of the city that had very few Jews.” WayTodayDealsCitiesGrowing UpGrowingAreasJewEducatedGloriousSophisticatedAnti SemitismMontrealErudite Author:William Shatner
“My Kashubian family, like the Jews, are people who were born and live in border areas and were suspected by the Nazis and by the Communists of being disloyal.” PeopleBornAreasJewBordersCommunistNaziDisloyal Author:Donald Tusk