#jewish

It is true that we aspire to our ancient land. But what we want in that ancient land is a new blossoming of the Jewish spirit. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

#aspire #blossoming #jewish #land #new

The Jewish people asked nothing of its sons except not to be denied. The world is grateful to every great man when he brings it something; only the paternal home thanks the son who brings nothing but himself. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

#brings #denied #every #except #grateful

The spirit in which the offer was made must of necessity contribute to improving and alleviating the situation of the Jewish people without our renouncing one iota of the great principles upon which our movement is based. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

#based #contribute #great #improving #iota

Zionism demands a publicly recognized and legally secured homeland in Palestine for the Jewish people. This platform is unchangeable. ↗

— Theodor Herzl

#homeland #jewish #jewish people #legally #palestine

I was one of I think three white girls in my school. So, I was very much an outsider. And plus I was Jewish and all of my friends were black and Baptist because they listen to the coolest music. We were all listening to Ray Charles and what was then called race music. ↗

— Janis Ian

#because #black #called #charles #coolest

I guess everything having to do with your background has some influence on how you tell stories but it's hard to parse how growing up in a Jewish community in Minnesota really affected it. ↗

— Joel Coen

#background #community #everything #growing #growing up

I don't care what is written," Meyer Landsman says. "I don't care what supposedly got promised to some sandal-wearing idiot whose claim to fame is that he was ready to cut his own son's throat for the sake of a hare-brained idea. I don't care about red heifers and patriarchs and locusts. A bunch of old bones in the sand. My homeland is in my hat. It's in my ex-wife's tote bag. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#home #identity #jewish #nationality #religion

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

— Michael J. Fox

#children #jewish #therefore #wife

My mother should have been Jewish. She could have taught a class on how to induce guilt. ↗

— Lorna Luft

#class #could #guilt #how #induce

I don't judge people by their sexual orientation or the color of their skin, so I find it really hard to identify someone by saying that they're a gay person or a black person or a Jewish person. ↗

— Diana Ross

#color #find #gay #hard #i