I am very proud of being Jewish. I went to a Jewish school all my life.
There is no Polish culture without Jewish culture.
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.
Jewishness is a very big part of my identity. I am a proud Jew, I would say, who doesn't practice very actively.
When I wasn't working on Broadway, I worked in a Bat Mitzvah dress shop and was the Cinderella of the shop - always cleaning and vacuuming!
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?
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.
I'm Jewish, and so religion, to me, is a kind of moral code and a kind of history.
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've been working with Jews for over 20 years.
I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli.
I was kind of the comic relief in my household. We had a chronic illness in the family. And so, a lot of emergency room visits, and my role was to be silly and add levity, and we're Jewish. So every Passover is a performance. You kind of learn to role play and do voices at the Passover Seder.
I'm a cultural Jew, I was raised with it, so I'm still into it, like gefilte fish with kugel.
Since the turn of the 20th century, members of the Jewish community in Upper East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia have been meeting together to celebrate and worship.
My Judaism has always been a great pride with me.
If you are a Rothschild, a Rosenwald, a Gimbel, or even a Waldbaum, growing up Jewish can be a rich experience. For the rest of us, it could be just so-so.
I'm a minimalist Jew, but on Friday night, I celebrate Shabbat. At sundown, we light candles, say the blessing, and I don't turn on my computer for 24 hours.
Some people like the Jews, and some do not. But no thoughtful man can deny the fact that they are, beyond any question, the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has appeared in the world.
I'm a Jew.
We're not religious, but we've always done Passover and Hanukkah.
I'm not super, super religious. If this is okay to say, I'm more culturally Jewish.
The town I grew up in was at least fifty percent Jewish, so every weekend in the 7th grade, we went to Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.
I had a bat mitzvah, was confirmed, went to Jewish summer camp, I go to temple for the High Holy Days. I think, like most people in their early 20s, I kind of strayed away from it. I think once I have a family I'll be back into it.
