Jewish Beliefs Quotes

I am a determinist. As such, I do not believe in free will. The Jews believe in free will. They believe that man shapes his own life. I reject that doctrine philosophically. In that respect I am not a Jew.

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

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.

Do not engage much in debate with Jews about the articles of our faith. From their youth they have been so nurtured with venom and rancor against our Lord that there is no hope until they reach the point where their misery finally makes them pliable and they are forced to confess that the Messiah has come, and that he is our Jesus.

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

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

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

I guess you could say I'm kind of Jewish but not really.

My Judaism has always been a great pride with me.

I think the lack of automatically feeling, 'Yes, the future is going to be like the present' - that is very much a Jewish thing.

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

Although most Christian churches advocate some sort of mission to non-Christians, no Jewish group advocates a mission to non-Jews. Proselytization seems to be foreign to Judaism.

I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.

When the Jew says "mankind" he is talking about himself. It is written in the Talmud, that only Jews were human beings, gentiles on the other hand were animals created to serve the chosen people. If looking back and comparing the corresponding articles in the "democratic" and "neutral" countries, one is astonished at the systematic nature of the propaganda whose final goal was the creation of a state of affairs in which a war was inevitable.

I've discovered my Jewishness late in life. And I've really enjoyed exploring that world.

The Orthodox believe in Jewish literacy, and most of the rest of us couldn't care less. Rabbis and other creatures have a monopoly on Judaism. This is a turnoff in a world that is increasingly secular and that has turned away from religion. Jews are simply turning away from Judaism.

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.

We have our own values; we build our own special, our JEWISH life - and we are proud, so very proud.

If you go into the old covenant, do you think that the Jewish people believe that you should be broke? They believe in wealth.

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

It's not what the rabbis say that defines Jewishness but what we Israelis do every day - our actions and our values.

I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.

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

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

I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. I grew up in a very Jewish neighbourhood and thought the whole world was like that. My parents were secular, but I went to a very Orthodox Jewish school, and I really got into it. I found it all fascinating, and I was just kind of really attracted to the metaphysical questions.