528 Jewish Quotes for You to Enjoy

We in the Jewish community must ask ourselves what role we are going to play in changing policies and practices that discriminate against LGBT Americans. We have a special responsibility and civic duty to ensure that all Americans are treated with dignity and equality. Lynn Schusterman

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As our parents planted for us, so will we plant for our children. When Charlie and I began our philanthropic journey, we wanted to focus our resources on planting seeds that would help perpetuate Jewish values and traditions for future generations and also contribute to repairing our world. Lynn Schusterman

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We must work together to strengthen Jerusalem as a modern, open capital and to foster welcoming, inclusive communities across the Jewish world. It is vital to the health and vibrancy of the global Jewish future and to ensuring a strong Israel. Lynn Schusterman

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I am proud to state that every national Jewish organization we support enforces non-discrimination practices around sexual orientation and that more than 70 percent have written policies in place covering gender identity and expression. Lynn Schusterman

Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals? Mahalia Jackson

You Sadness Trend Songs Do You Know Know Most Same Jewish

If we members of the Jewish community don't support the Jewish organizations, nobody else will. Marc Platt

Will Community Else Members Support Nobody Nobody Else Organizations Jewish Jewish Community

I claimed identity as Jewish musicians for political reasons, because most of us were touring in Germany and, at this time, twelve years ago, there was a strong resurgence of Nazism in the places we were touring and part of that was on the music scene. Marc Ribot

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I was brought up in a Jewish home, but I was brought up to be human - not fanatical, which is something that I don't appreciate at all. I learned to become a humanist and not to dwell on the differences between Jews and Christians. Marcel Marceau

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I'm Catholic, he's Jewish, and it was just easier to elope. Marg Helgenberger

Easier He Catholic Just Jewish

I would like to say that the National Front has never been anti-Semitic. Not only am I not anti-Semitic, but I have explained to my Jewish compatriots that the movement that is most able to protect them is the National Front. Marine Le Pen

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Jewish skullcaps are obviously not a problem in our country. Marine Le Pen

Problem Country Our Obviously Jewish

Things that become important to economies become ritualized and become deified. Because I'm Jewish, I always thought it was interesting that in Judaism, salt seals a bargain, particularly the covenant with God. Some people, when they bless bread, they dip it in salt. Same thing exists in Islam. Mark Kurlansky

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I think that Judaism has been, throughout its history since A.D. 70, a diaspora culture that's all about being a minority. In fact, being a small minority. When I'm in Israel, I cannot get used to the notion that we're all Jewish. It doesn't seem to me that we're supposed to all be Jewish. Mark Kurlansky

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People do think I'm Jewish. But we're Irish Catholic. My father had a brogue. Martin Short

People Father Think Had Catholic Irish Irish Catholic Jewish

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. Mary Antin

School Girl Hundred Admitted Ten Only Troubles Had Limited Boy Were Children Public Public School Lucky Even Numbers Jewish

I grew up pretty secular. I went to public school, and all the Jews that I knew, none of them were religious. While probably half of my friends were Jewish, they were all secular Jews. We went to Hebrew school, we knew we were Jewish, but it wasn't a major part of our existence. Matisyahu

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What is it to keep kosher? Is it eating kosher potato chips? Kosher is a bigger idea. I think it's about being healthy. But according to some people, it's about not eating this food because it's forbidden by the Jewish law. My view of the halachah changed a little bit. The laws are there hopefully to be a tool. Matisyahu

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