Kevin Barry Quotes

Jews have been in Egypt since Biblical times, and Alexandria had once been, at least partially, a Jewish city.

I'm from Cleveland, Ohio, which has one of the largest Jewish populations in a single district in the state of Ohio and almost anyplace else in the United States.

In both Israel and America, Jews have experienced unparalleled freedoms, achieved great economic success, and exercised appropriate degrees of political power.

A lot of Jews are great friends of mine.

I'm no more or less Jewish than any other Jew. Israel has survived because we haven't forgot our Judaism, but there are some Israelis who did forget.

When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin.

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

Most of the Jewish writer friends I have are American, and I feel closer to them because they're always obsessed with one issue - identity: what does it mean to be an American Jew?

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

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.

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

What is unusual about the United States - and it's something that I have never gotten used to - is that Jews here, there are so many of them, and they are so important to the culture.

You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.

I'm a Jew.

It's interesting when you're part of a group - the Jews, to be exact - that the world has had such problems with.

I could not cherish London and not value Jewish London. The contribution of Jews to London is immense - politically, economically, culturally, intellectually, philanthropically, artistically.

[The Jews] are the people of the Book [ahl' ul-kitab.]

We are losing the Jewish people in the Diaspora.

It's tough being a Jew.

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

I do have a very large Jewish population, so it's not unusual that I would be interested in being a part of discussions and finding out what's going on in Israel.

My Judaism has always been a great pride with me.

I am very proud of being Jewish.