One of the stranger things about me is that I was raised as an Orthodox Jew. I went to a yeshiva until I was thirteen years old and spoke fluent Hebrew.

- Dani Shapiro

I don't like to publicly acknowledge being a Jew.

- Jonathan Ames

I was the kind of Jew who'd be in a bar, somebody would say it's Yom Kippur, and I'd go, 'Really?'

- Jill Soloway

I'm not a very religious man, but I'm proud to be a Jew.

- Irving Paul Lazar

Bob Dylan is the Jew of all time.

- Guy Oseary

I'm a Caucasian American Jew. These are all things that make up who I am.

- Greg Rucka

Judaism is not, per se, a religion in the sense most Americans think of. Even if you don't adhere to the various precepts, you're still a Jew.

- Gil Marks

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

- Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

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

- Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

Guilt. It comes naturally to me as a Jew and a Liberal.

- Ezekiel Emanuel

I'm the New York Jew who actually grew up in Minnesota.

- Al Franken

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

- David Mamet

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

- Bernard Malamud

I am just a plain Jew; I mean have no training.

- Bebe Neuwirth

I consider myself more of a cultural Jew; I'm not religious in any way.

- Adam Lamberg

I'm Italian. I wouldn't know how to play a Jew.

- Alex Rocco

There is a famous saying: 'It's hard to be a Jew.' It's also hard to be a Palestinian. I know that.

- Ariel Sharon

Every Jew has the right to ascend onto the Temple Mount.

- Ariel Sharon

Myself, first of all, I am a Jew. And that is the most important thing for me.

- Ariel Sharon

I am a peace supporting Jew.

- Alan Dershowitz