DeAndre Yedlin Quotes

My father's Jewish, so my world is Jewish whenever I go home.

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

I am very proud of being Jewish.

No one in my family is Jewish; no one was raised as a Jew, me included.

My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.

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

To be a Jew is a destiny.

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

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

I'm very spiritual and I'm Jewish by faith. I'm not a practising Jew, I'm more of a recreational Jew. I celebrate the holidays and I try to inform my kids about their heritage because I think we all at some point have to defend our heritage and if they get picked on I want them to know why.

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

I think all the history of the Jewish people is about adaptation.

My whole life has a Jewish flavour.

My Judaism has always been a great pride with me.

It matters a great deal that I come from a Jewish background.

I'm proud to be Jewish.

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.

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

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

Being half Jewish, we grew up with Christmas trees but had Jewish ornaments.

My family came from Ecuador.

My family was totally non-religious. There was no question we were Jewish, but we were not observant.

If you are trying to raise a child to be a Jew, then you have to create a sense of Jewish identity. You really weaken that sense of identity if you celebrate two religions.

The argument that all Jews have a heartfelt investment in the state of Israel is untrue. Some have a heartfelt investment in corned beef sandwiches.

I'm basically an Upper West Side Jewish writer.