Elliott Abrams Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 was brought up a Jew but, you know, that way of being Jewish - the New York way. We were stomach Jews; we were Jewish-joke Jews. We were bagel Jews. We didn't go to synagogue. I'm frightened of synagogue to this day.

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.

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

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

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.

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

I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. I grew up in a very Jewish neighbourhood and thought the whole world was like that. My parents were secular, but I went to a very Orthodox Jewish school, and I really got into it. I found it all fascinating, and I was just kind of really attracted to the metaphysical questions.

I consider myself more of a cultural Jew; I'm not religious in any way.

I never paid much attention to being Jewish when I was a kid. In fact, I'd say my religion was more surfing than Judaism - that's what I spent most of my time doing.

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

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.

You know, I get much more Jewish in Israel because I like the way that religion is done there.

I grew up in a reform Jewish family in St. Louis. Our idea of Judaism was no bar mitzvahs and a Christmas tree that had a skirt at the bottom embroidered with the names of my grandparents.

I grew up pretty secular. I went to public school, and all the Jews that I knew, none of them were religious. While probably half of my friends were Jewish, they were all secular Jews. We went to Hebrew school, we knew we were Jewish, but it wasn't a major part of our existence.