Jewish Pride Quotes

I take satisfaction ... in the progress of the Zionist movement.

To my great regret I have learned that Jews generally, and particularly those of the country, not only resent these publications as promoting anti-Semitism, but regard me as their enemy…. Had I appreciated even the general nature, to say nothing of the details of those utterances, I would have forbidden their circulation without a moment's hesitation. I admire the Jewish culture for its vast contributions to civilization, and for its sobriety, diligence, benevolence, and unselfish interest in public welfare.

The Jews are the most formidable and most remarkable race which has ever appeared in the world.

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

I realized that we have to do everything we can to preserve the Jewish race. I'm very proud of it, and I think it's wonderful.

Given the long history of global anti-Semitism and continued calls for the destruction of Israel, it's tough to be a Jew.

I feel that I am completely in solidarity with Jews in the world, because I know what it is to be a Jew. I've seen what it is; I am myself of Jewish origin, and therefore I can only be fully in support of the idea that the Jews, after all they've suffered, need a country where they are at home.

Something happened to the State of Israel. What was morally obvious in 1948 is not so obvious anymore. When the State of Israel was established, it was, for the parents and grandparents of these young Jews, a miracle. It was David and Goliath. We were the just cause. It was about values. We were small, but we were the good guys in the world!

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

From the day I started to think politically and to develop my own moral values, from my earliest youth, I have been an ardent defender of Israel.

Jewish Americans weren't just integrated, like other ethnic and religious groups. They also attracted a particular sympathy and admiration, rooted in Holocaust remembrance, affection for Israel, and a distinctive pride in the scope of their success.

I have always been very proud of my Jewish heritage, which has greatly influenced my music, my world view, and my work as an advocate for individuals whom society often leaves behind.

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

This is why I am a Zionist: because Diaspora leads to hatred and the Holocaust.

When I was a child, Israel was a legend more than a reality. She emerged from a dream, and today she has surpassed that dream.

In terms of defending Jews, I'm a Jew.

As a Jew, support for Israel is in my DNA.

The State of Israel was not established so that the anti-Semites will disappear but, rather, so we can tell them to get lost.

If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.

I am a Jew. Those are four words of pride. My Jewishness is as deep as my genes.

My father was the Jewish half of the family, yet it was my mother who taught me to have pride in that tradition.

It's hard for a Jew of my generation, an American Jew, who is philo-Zionistic, not to romanticize Israel.

What matters is not what the goyim say, but what the Jews do

For those who share my view that the Jews as a people have a right to self-determination, Zionism as a national movement of the Jewish people is the embodiment of this very right, which its opponents want to deny.

Ed Koch will never 'rest in peace.' That was not his way. He was always nervously squirming, while making others squirm as well. Comfort was not his goal. He understood that to be a proud and assertive Jew meant never being able to leave a sigh of relief and say, 'It's over, we are at peace, we can now put down our guard and relax.'