“When I was growing up, I, like many Jews, cheered what appeared to be the receding of faith from everyday life. The further religion got from our lives the better our lives would get, I thought, because persecution had been such a burden to Jewish families for generations.” Growing UpOur LivesGrowingGenerationsEverydayJewBurdenEveryday LifePersecutionJewish Family Author:Bruce Feiler
“He's a Catholic, a Hindy, an atheist, a Chein, a Buddhist, a Baptist and a Jew, and he knows, he shouldn't kill.” KnowsReligionReligiousCatholicAtheistJewBuddhistBaptists Author:Buffy Sainte-Marie
“Jerusalem is old, Jerusalem is new, Jerusalem can hold Moslem, Christian, Jew.” ChristianReligionReligiousJewJerusalem Author:Don McLean
“America is totally under control of the Jews, you know. I mean, look what they're doing in Yugoslavia...” KnowsLooksMeanAmericaJewYugoslavia Author:Bobby Fischer
“I'm a fifth generation Jew from the South, and I would say that I felt this connection to my religion, but it wasn't a spiritual connection.” SpiritualFeltGenerationsConnectionsSouthJewFifthSpiritual Connection Author:Bruce Feiler
“When you read the Koran, you give up. At least the Bible is very beautiful because Jews have an extraordinary literary talent.” GivingBeautifulTalentGiving UpExtraordinaryJewVery Beautiful Author:Michel Houellebecq
“My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system.” SchoolMotherLiteratureCitiesTeacherNew YorkJewMedicalNew York CityPublic SchoolSchool SystemMedical School Author:Marilyn Hacker
“There is a split between Muslims who want to practice their faith in peace and tolerance with other religions and other people, and these extreme, radical fundamentalists who have shown a total lack of tolerance for people with different views, starting with people who they don't think are good Muslims, and going on to include Christians and Jews.” PeopleThinkingWantDifferentChristianViewsPracticeStartingJewExtremesToleranceRadicalSplitsDifferent ViewsPeace And Tolerance Author:Richard Holbrooke
“I see interracial couples all the time in Nashville. I'm a Jew in Nashville. I'm a gay person in Nashville. It's a non-issue in most of the time. That's a huge leap forward.” PersonsIssuesHugeCoupleGayJewLeapNashvilleInterracial Couple Author:Janis Ian
“Most of the Jewish writer friends I have are American, and I feel closer to them because they're always obsessed with one issue - identity: what does it mean to be an American Jew?” FeelsMeanDoeIssuesIdentityJewObsessed Author:Etgar Keret