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

All a Jew has to do is recite a few proverbs or anecdotes to consider himself an expert on 'Jewishness.'

Being a Jew is like walking in the wind or swimming: you are touched at all points and conscious everywhere.

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

As a matter of fact, part of being Jewish is the whole question of what it is to be a Jew.

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

The Jewish background is not that far from the black groove. Blacks are downtrodden, Jews are downtrodden, therefore they have something in common in that affliction. Being downtrodden often makes one more empathetic and sympathetic.

You are not practicing Judaism if you celebrate Christmas.

I'm not really a Jew; just Jew-ish, not the whole hog.

I do explicitly see Jewish people as a people - not either a religion or an ethnicity but a people.