"The inner history of a people is contained in its songs." ~~ Rabbi Adolph Jellinek
"When you whitewash your home, leave a small patch bare to remind you of the Temple’s destruction! [Tisha B”Av] " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"I can’t listen to that much Wagner. I start getting the urge to conquer Poland." ~~ Woody Allen
"One kingdom comes and another goes, but Israel abices for ever." ~~ Baraitha
"A people’s memory is history; and as a man without a memory, so a people without a history cannot grow wiser, better." ~~ Isaac Peretz
"History is the study of other people’s mistakes." ~~ Phillip Guedalla
"Our Holy Scriptures are not only a religious book, but the foundation of our literature, our language and our history, and the sole source of them." ~~ Rav Tza’ir
"Draw from the past, live in the present, work for the future!" ~~ Abraham Geiger
"If you see a generation drowning in a sea of troubles, go forth and consider what the judges of Israel do!" ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"We have guarded the Book for thousands of years and it has guarded us." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"All ancient people praised the Golden Era of the past. Only the Jews tell wonders of the golden Era still to come." ~~ Joseph Klausner
"Of all the evils of our generation, I do not know one that obstructs the moral development of mankind more than the Press." ~~ David Frishman
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