Goldie Hawn Quotes

I understood when I was quite small that there were two special things about the Jews. That we'd endured for over 3,000 years despite everything that had been thrown at us, and that we had an extraordinarily dramatic story to tell.

I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.

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

If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.

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

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

I have a great identification with Judaism as a religion and as a culture, and all the values that created such a great history, and the Jewish contribution to the betterment of all humanity.

As a Jew, support for Israel is in my DNA.

I'm a cultural Christian in the same way many of my friends call themselves cultural Jews or cultural Muslims.

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

Being a Jew and an Israeli are inseparable things.

I think I may well be a Jew.

A Jew is anyone who says he is.

Identity for Jews like us was shaped by cultural practices and family traditions rather than allegiances of place or language or class, because those things continued to be redefined for us. Drag operates along similar lines.

I was a very clumsy Jewish kid.

My mother is Jewish. We celebrated all the Jewish holidays at home.

'The Chosen,' if you recall, was based on the Chaim Potok novel and featured Robbie Benson's persuasive performance as a Hasidic Jew.

My great grandfather was the last practicing Jew in my family. He died in 1982.

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

I love being Jewish, but I think that our generation is the first generation that crossed that line between being a cultural versus a practicing Jew.

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

Judaism is not, per se, a religion in the sense most Americans think of. Even if you don't adhere to the various precepts, you're still a Jew.

While I have the utmost respect for people who practice the Christian faith, the fact is, as everyone knows, I am as Jewish as a matzo ball or kosher salami.

In some place in my soul, in a very hidden corner, I am a fanatical Jew. I am very much astonished to discover myself as such in spite of all efforts to be unprejudiced and impartial. What can I do against it at my age?