Marcia L. Fudge Quotes

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.

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.

I wanted to write about Jews in Montana, so I went there by plane and bus, only to discover that there are no Jews in Montana. It didn't deter me.

I am proud that generations of Jewish Americans have chosen to make this state their home; Georgia has been better for it.

A lot of Jews are great friends of mine.

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

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.

Judaism for me is a sensibility of collective self-questioning and uncomfortable truth-telling. I feel a debt of responsibility to this past. It is why I am Jewish.

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

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 do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people.

On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been involved in several Jewish projects, such as the establishment of a strong program of Judaic Studies at the University of California in San Diego.

In North America, the greatest threat to the Jewish people is not the external force of antisemitism, but the internal forces of apathy, inertia and ignorance of our own heritage.

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 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.

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

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

I have never talked publicly or privately about the Jewish people, including conversations with President Nixon, except in the most positive terms.

Through educational programming, Jewish American History Month will help raise the awareness of a people, their history and contributions. It will help combat anti-Semitism, a phenomenon that is on the rise and that unfortunately still exists in our Nation.