Molly Antopol Quotes

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

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.

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

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

If you are a Rothschild, a Rosenwald, a Gimbel, or even a Waldbaum, growing up Jewish can be a rich experience. For the rest of us, it could be just so-so.

I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.

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

Though I am not religious in the least, I am very proud to be Jewish.

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

My whole life has a Jewish flavour.

My Judaism has always been a great pride with me.

I like being Jewish and I married a Jewish girl. It's like a way of life and it's good to be able to instil some of that sense of being in your kids. All of that makes me seem as though I am quite observant but actually the flipside of this is I don't know if there is a God or not.

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

Judaism is a big part of my background, obviously, and my reality.

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

I know what it means to be Jewish, and I don't think someone who wasn't Jewish would really understand.

Lesson Number One: The Importance of Being Jewish

When I was growing up, I didn't know who Jewish people were, what it was to be Jewish.

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.

I think the lack of automatically feeling, 'Yes, the future is going to be like the present' - that is very much a Jewish thing.

I grew up in the classic American-Jewish suburbia, which has a whole different sense of what it means to be Jewish than anywhere else in the world.

My six handbooks to Jewish life and lifecycle events mostly followed the trajectory of my adult Jewish life.

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.