Alan Zweibel Quotes

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

Spiritually, I'm Jewish.

I just went to Hebrew school, had a bar mitzvah. No crazy weird Jewish cult.

I was the kind of Jew who'd be in a bar, somebody would say it's Yom Kippur, and I'd go, 'Really?'

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

I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.

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'm a cultural Jew, I was raised with it, so I'm still into it, like gefilte fish with kugel.

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

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.

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.

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.

I grew up in a secular suburban Jewish household where we only observed the religion on very specific times like a funeral or a Bar Mitzvah.

I'm a fifth generation Jew from the South, and I would say that I felt this connection to my religion, but it wasn't a spiritual connection.

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.

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

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

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

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 went to Hebrew school but opted out of a bar mitzvah.

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

When it comes to being Jewish, I can't help myself.

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.

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.