Sylvia Plath Quotes

I feel more Jewish than I do Iranian.

My wife is Jewish, and therefore, it's my children's birthright to be Jewish.

I'm a Jew. I think of myself as a Jew first and Englishman second.

I guess you could say I'm kind of Jewish but not really.

There's no such thing as being a cultural Jew. You're religious or you're not.

You know. I don't think I'm gonna be Jewish for very long.

The secular Jew is a figment; when a Jew becomes a secular person he is no longer a Jew.

I wish somebody knew whether or not I'm Jewish.

I'm rather secular. I'm basically Jewish. But I think I'm Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.

Maybe I am not French, maybe I am from nowhere.

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

I had always known that I was Jewish - we celebrated the holidays, we went to a synagogue - but I had never known that I was supposed to feel ashamed about it.

I don't consider myself Jewish. I am half-Jewish by race but not through my mother.

Myself, first of all, I am a Jew. And that is the most important thing for me.

I was always a little unsteady in my self-belief. Then there was the Jewish thing. I love being Jewish, I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these people saying you don't look it.

I'm not a very religious man, but I'm proud to be a Jew.

I'm certainly not a practicing Jew. I would never claim, 'I'm Jewish.' That's not the first and foremost thing in my mind, as far as who I am as a person.

When I tell people I'm an Italian Jew, they're very amused by it. But obviously by blood I'm Jewish, because my mother is.

I'm not super, super religious. If this is okay to say, I'm more culturally Jewish.

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

What it depends on is someone's upbringing and the traditions and that is how you decide if you are Jewish or not.

Spiritually, I'm Jewish.

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

A Jew is anyone who says he is.

I am officially Jewish, but I’m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.