George Steiner Quotes

When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish education.

[Jews have] a particular need, evidently greater than that of any others, to pay more careful attention to education.

Jews have become the teachers of men in great things.

I went to Hebrew school but opted out of a bar mitzvah.

We are committed to raising our children as Jews. I knew that it had to start with me at a greater level, at a deeper level, if it was going to be a meaningful example to them.

Chabad is very important because without Jewish education, Diaspora Jewry would disappear.

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

I learned Hebrew from a high school teacher named Mr. Cohen. We would drive down the highway to meet his car, and Jewish boys from these Massachusetts towns would sit in his car and learn the lessons.

I consider myself a Jewish writer - even if my characters frequently are not Jewish - in the same way, I guess, that I consider myself a Jewish man, even though I don't often attend shul.

I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.

I study Torah all the time.

I believe there's not a harder job in the world than being a teacher, and there isn't a job with a more direct impact on the performance of our students.

I was a Jewish rabbinical student for 12 years, and studied the Bible all the time.

I would rather trust my child to a serpent than to a teacher who does not believe in God.

I had a bat mitzvah, was confirmed, went to Jewish summer camp, I go to temple for the High Holy Days. I think, like most people in their early 20s, I kind of strayed away from it. I think once I have a family I'll be back into it.

My mother was a Sunday school teacher. So I am a byproduct of prayer. My mom just kept on praying for her son.

Historically, I come from Jewish history. I had the classic upbringing in the Yeshiva, learning, learning, and more learning.

I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table.

Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was kind of driving the religious education, so for us it was more a burden and an obligation when we were kids at that age.

I went to several public schools. I went to religious school. I was thrown out of Hebrew school, which was the final straw. They said, 'God doesn't like you anymore. Go eat pork.'

I'm a good Jewish boy from Edison, New Jersey, so I went and saw 'Fiddler on the Roof' because you have to: that's part of your bar mitzvah experience.

Teaching is a respectful job. Teachers lay the foundation for society.

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.

A lot of my family were teachers, so that's what I always thought I'd end up being.

Every teacher should realize the dignity of his calling.