Abraham Foxman Quotes
We've only recently turned the corner on the Sept. 11 attacks being blamed on Jews and Israelis, as well as almost every other terrorist attack, whether in London, Madrid, Bali or Egypt.
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Jews are not part of a European ruling class imposed on helpless natives, but are caught up in a tragedy in which two peoples are struggling for the same piece of land.
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Moses freed the Jews. Lincoln freed the slaves. I freed the neurotics.
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When I first stepped into literature twenty-five years ago, I wanted to work on behalf of the oppressed, the working masses, and it seemed to me, mistakenly, that I would not find them among the Jews.
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The Jews have never been ashamed of being Jews, whereas homosexuals have been stupid enough to be ashamed of their homosexuality.
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Jews can build in New York, Moscow and Paris, but in our own land, we can't build? That's nuts.
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The Jews are the living embodiment of the minority, the constant reminder of what duties societies owe their minorities, whoever they might be.
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There's also a certain rhythm to the way Jews talk that might be funny.
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In early church polemics, Jews are deemed no longer worthy of their own Scriptures because they have failed to accept Christ as the Messiah.
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No one said anything to my face, but I constantly heard comments denigrating Jews.
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I don't think anyone has been slandered more than the Jews.
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I am not a lover of Israel, of course. I have no reason to be. But I don't hate Jews.
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The metaphor of Exodus is one that has dogged the Jews from the outset. Their very success attracts resentment.
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Jews have been living in Jerusalem way before British people were living in London.
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The official Hamas charter calls for the murder of Jews and destruction of the Jewish state.
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We Jews have been too adaptable. We have been too eager to sacrifice our idiosyncrasies for the sake of social conformity. … Even in modern civilization, the Jew is most happy if he remains a Jew.
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I don't know whether Jews can behave like good Christians, but Muslim Arabs certainly cannot.
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I've spent a lot of time in America since Sept. 11, 2001. Being here, I was noticing that the people, who in the '60s used to voice their opinions about their rights, are much different today. People are afraid to voice opposition to the government in a mass way.
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For thousands of years, we Jews have been nourished and sustained by a yearning for our historic land. I, like many others, was raised with a deep conviction that the day would never come when we would have to relinquish parts of the land of our forefathers. I believed and to this day still believe in our people's eternal and historic right to this entire land.
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Like all Jews, I was probably at a Chinese restaurant!
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Particularly as a writer, it is my job to ignore social critics, or the response that social critics might have when it comes to the opinions of my characters, the way they talk, or anything that can happen to them.
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Some people think there's a woman to blame, but I know - it's my own damn fault
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No man may be so cursed by priest or pope but what the Eternal Love may still return while any thread of green lives on in hope.
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Have big dreams but focus only on what you can control: your own thoughts, words and actions. This was Gandhi's way ... in the words of Buddhist poet Gary Snyder, our job is to move the world a millionth of an inch.
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We've only recently turned the corner on the Sept. 11 attacks being blamed on Jews and Israelis, as well as almost every other terrorist attack, whether in London, Madrid, Bali or Egypt.
