Jews were asked when life begins. For them it's when they finally graduate medical school.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
With the Jews, the questions are always open; we're always questioning. I love that questioning tradition.
When we come to the hospital to give birth, we don't come as a Jew or an Arab; we come as a human being.
The problem is that those of us who were born into Islam and who don't want to live according to scripture - we don't have what the Jews have, which is a rabbinical tradition that allows you to ask questions. We also don't have the church tradition that the Christians have.
When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish education.
The beauty of Judaism is that it demands we ask questions, especially of ourselves.
The Jews integrated themselves into American life to the point that the argument that the Jews aren't American sounded so stupid, that people stopped thinking it.
I may be a Jewish scientist, but I would be tickled silly if one day I were reincarnated as a Baptist preacher.
I searched for answers to life's meaning and, though I was raised a Presbyterian, I converted to Judaism around 1983.
I'm Jewish. Went to a Jewish school.
Michelle Obama was asked when life begins. According to her it's when she and Barack take over the White House.