Ato Essandoh Quotes

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

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

Spiritually, I'm Jewish.

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

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

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.

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 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've had a bris, was Bar Mitzvahed and, on occasion, have referred to a temple as a shul. I've never denied it, nor have I disguised it. I am, indeed, a Jew.

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

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

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

I must have been yearning for some Jewish content beyond my genetic makeup because soon after my 21st birthday, I noticed I was no longer dating WASPs.

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 Jewish, and so religion, to me, is a kind of moral code and a kind of history.

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

I grew up happily immersed in Jewish culture and community.

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

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

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

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

When I was growing up, I didn't know who Jewish people were, what it was to be Jewish.

I was Jewish, through and through, although in our house that didn't mean a whole lot. We never went to synagogue. I never had a Bar Mitzvah. We didn't keep kosher or observe the Sabbath. In fact, I'm not so sure I would have known what the Sabbath looked like if it passed me on the street, so how could I observe it?