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I was a WASP kid going to a high school that was 99 percent Jewish and I wanted attention and I wanted to make a spectacle of myself because I couldn't stand to be ignored.

The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person.

I love being Jewish; I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these people saying you don't look it.

I must have been yearning for some Jewish content beyond my genetic makeup because soon after my 21st birthday, I noticed I was no longer dating WASPs.

I identify myself as what I am. I'm half Jewish, like Proust. I have no other way to put it.

I really don't even think of myself as being Jewish except when I'm in Germany.

I'm part Jewish and part Christian, but I'm mostly Jewish.

I don't consider myself Jewish. I am half-Jewish by race but not through my mother.

I was always a little unsteady in my self-belief. Then there was the Jewish thing. I love being Jewish, I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these people saying you don't look it.

I'm the little half-black, half-Jewish girl who was odd and awkward. I try to be myself.