Nathan Englander Quotes

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

While I am very much Jewish 'identified,' I'm not a very religious person.

Spiritually, I'm Jewish.

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.

I'm rather secular. I'm basically Jewish. But I think I'm Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.

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

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

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

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.

I consider myself more of a cultural Jew; I'm not religious in any way.

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

My Judaism has always been a great pride with me.

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.

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.

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 am just a plain Jew; I mean have no training.

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

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 knew I wanted to get married and have a family, but it was important that my husband be a Jew; I didn't want to have to explain what Hanukkah is.

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.

Though I am not religious in the least, I am very proud to be Jewish.

I mean, I talk about being Jewish a lot. It's funny because I do think of myself as Jewish ethnically, but I'm not religious at all. I have no religion.