S. Ansky Quotes

I've begun to think like a Jew, to feel like a Jew.

There's something innately funny and warm about being Jewish. I think it's something to be embraced and respected.

I have a very strong sense of who I am as a Jew and a strong sense of belonging.

If you are trying to raise a child to be a Jew, then you have to create a sense of Jewish identity. You really weaken that sense of identity if you celebrate two religions.

My purpose is to have American Jews look away from the success story with which they've cheered themselves up, and to have them remember the classical tradition, whatever it is.

I am very proud of being Jewish. I went to a Jewish school all my life.

As a matter of fact, part of being Jewish is the whole question of what it is to be a Jew.

To be a Jew is a destiny.

I'm a Jew. I'm fascinated by our culture and our history, by what made us the people we are. It influences every breath I take. It informs and guides me. Without it, I'd just be a vacuum.

I've liked being Jewish in America - there's a secular version of Jewishness there that's more about bagels and jokes than going to synagogues.

I am very proud of being Jewish.

I'm a Jew. I think every Jew is dark in certain ways.

'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.

Jewishness is a very big part of my identity. I am a proud Jew, I would say, who doesn't practice very actively.

I think Jews tend to hold me in fairly high regard.

Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.

A lot of Jews are great friends of mine.

Growing up in the San Fernando Valley, I grew up around a lot of Jews. I grew up culturally Jewish, ethnically Jewish, but without real belief and without a strong faith.

I've discovered my Jewishness late in life. And I've really enjoyed exploring that world.

The argument that all Jews have a heartfelt investment in the state of Israel is untrue. Some have a heartfelt investment in corned beef sandwiches.

I'm basically an Upper West Side Jewish writer.

What are you going to do to preserve a tradition that is the peculiar and unique culture that Judaism inculcates? The American Jewish community is not going to survive by lining up against its common enemy.

We have our own values; we build our own special, our JEWISH life - and we are proud, so very proud.

We have no problems with Jews and highly respect Judaism as a holy religion.

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.