Quotes of: Jewish-people Keyword

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

Mel Brooks

I'm Italian, but some people think I'm Jewish because I work the Yiddish. I also work the Italian, by the way.

Joy Behar

It's very clear from Biblical history and Jewish history that Jewish monotheism wasn't developed in an instant, that it became gradually the accepted norm. But undoubtedly, Jewish ancestors were polytheists.

Robert Winston

Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah said, "Where there is no money, there is no learning." The rabbis explain that unless people's stomachs are full and satisfied, they cannot study, grow spiritually, and do good works.

The Money Code: Become a Millionaire With the Ancient Jewish Code

I have worked hard to build relationships between Jewish people and black people.

Jesse Jackson

For a long time I was convinced that the conflict between Jewish people and black people in this country was a media event.

Toni Morrison

I'd like it if people thought I was Jewish looking.

Natalie Portman

Jewish families encourage pursuit of wealth accumulation, high-income careers, and investing.

The Money Code: Become a Millionaire With the Ancient Jewish Code

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

Matisyahu

The most celebrated American author of the twentieth century, Bellow objected during the first part of his career to being designated a “Jewish writer, ” but it was he who demonstrated how a Jewish voice could speak for an integrated America. Wit...

The Cambridge Companion to Jewish American Literature

It has become a cultural norm in Jewish families for parents to bring up their children to value wealth.

The Money Code: Become a Millionaire With the Ancient Jewish Code

Jewish immigration in the 20th century was fueled by the Holocaust, which destroyed most of the European Jewish community. The migration made the United States the home of the largest Jewish population in the world.

Jon Porter

I didn't want to be on the losing side. I was fed up with Jewish weakness, timidity and fear. I didn't want any more Jewish sentimentality and Jewish suffering. I was sickened by our sad songs.

Lionel Blue

When Superman was originally created, by Siegel and Shuster, they were two Jewish immigrants that were desperately trying to assimilate into America. They were having a hard time because they were Jewish. They wanted to get in to mainstream publishin...

David S. Goyer

A lot of black people believe that Jews in this country have become white. They behave like white people rather than Jewish people.

Toni Morrison

There are very close ties between the Jewish and Mormon people.

Chuck Schumer

My wife is Jewish, and therefore, it's my children's birthright to be Jewish.

Michael J. Fox

I'm part Jewish and part Christian, but I'm mostly Jewish.

Joey King

Matthias: Look, I don't think it should be a sin, just for saying "Jehovah". [Everyone gasps] Jewish Official: You're only making it worse for yourself! Matthias: Making it worse? How can it be worse? Jehovah! Jehovah! Jehovah! Jewish Official: I'm w...

Life of Brian

Alex: [voice over] This is Grandfather. Like my father and myself, he too is dubbed Alex. My grandmother, Anna, died two years before of a cancer in her brain. Precluding this, Grandfather became very melancholy, and also, he says, blind. His most re...

Everything Is Illuminated

Shimmel: “NEVER TRUST THE GOYIM. They are just like these other weird dangerous people, Messianic Jews! How dare Jews become “Christian-like”, Messianic? We should cherem (ban) them from every aspect of Jewish life. And we must strip them of ev...

Spirit Tale Three: Teacher of Counsel