Quotes About Community

I was the only Jew who'd ever been elected, and I don't know when there'll be another.

You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.

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

For so long as the Jew has even one ally, he will be convinced - in his smallness of mind - that his salvation came from that ally. It is only when he is alone - against all of his own efforts and frantic attempts - that he will, through no choice, be compelled to turn to G-d.

I was not comfortable worshipping another Jew.

No matter where you go in this world, you will always find a Jew sitting in the beach chair next to you.

I would like every Jew to be as comfortable in his skin as I am in mine.

I'm a Jew. I think every Jew is dark in certain ways.

It's tough being a Jew.

There's no such thing as being a cultural Jew. You're religious or you're not.

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.

I'm a Jew. I think of myself as a Jew first and Englishman second.

I consider myself a Jewish writer - even if my characters frequently are not Jewish - in the same way, I guess, that I consider myself a Jewish man, even though I don't often attend shul.

I am very proud of being Jewish.

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

A lot of Jewish kids do identify with us.

My music is really about people connecting with their identities, even if they aren't Jewish.

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.

Most people are blown away by the fact that Beck is Jewish... and Billy Joel. I didn't know he was Jewish.

You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose.

Black and Jewish leaders have been a coalition of conscience.

I get invited to an awful lot of Jewish functions.

I always believe that my greatest audience will come from 70-year-old Jewish men and Jewish women, but that's me from my experience of going to High Holiday services and being adored by the women with free candy in the back.

Mainstream media has convinced people that black people aren't relatable. So when a Jewish person comes up to me and is all, 'Oh man, I love that one scene from Episode 3, I watch it over and over again,' I'm so happy. Because that's what I want.