David Novak Quotes

I should not have to prove my ethnicity to anyone. I know who I am.

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

I do not want to be misunderstood that you need a dose of persecution in order, really, to have a sense of your identity. Otherwise, you know, there would be no American Jews. Even if you're not strictly, fiercely Orthodox, you commit yourselves to a community of memory.

The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.

I was raised Irish Catholic, but I don't consider myself Irish Catholic: I consider myself me, an American.

I am not a Hollywood Jew and I won't ever be one.

I have been aware since my youth that I am a Hebrew through my mother, and that is something that has played a subtle but important role in my development.

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

I think it is very possible that my deeper character is not very English.

What it depends on is someone's upbringing and the traditions and that is how you decide if you are Jewish or not.

My Irish identity is important as it's a part of who I am.

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.

There was a lot of aggression in me. It comes from my Bihari roots, I guess.

A Jew is anyone who says he is.

I am Jewish. My real name is Chris Tuckenberg. A lot of people don't know about that.

The Jew has always been a people with definite racial characteristics and never a religion.

Being Nigerian is a strong part of my identity. Being American is a strong part of my identity. And there are important parts of who I am that really have nothing to do with my national connection.

I always felt the Jewish part more. In fact, growing up I felt like a Jew among WASPs. My brother is more decidedly Waspy.

I'd like it if people thought I was Jewish looking.

I am always who I am, and anyone who's known me forever will tell you that. I guess there's enough of a child in me that that's important.

Well, I'm Czech, but Polish, Czech, no matter, it's my name.

In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian.

An awareness of our past is essential to the establishment of our personality and our identity as Africans.

Judaism is important to me from a tribal point of view.