"The Land made us a people." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"Through legend one may penetrate the Jewish nation’s living home and behold its inward parts. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"One Jew sins and all Jews suffer. " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) R.
"The portion of the Lord is his people." ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 32:9
"Moses commanded us a Law, heritage of the congregation of Jacob." ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 33:4
"I have loved you with an everlasting love." ~~ Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) 31:3
"Tradition must be a spring-board into the future, not an arm-chair for repose." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"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
"A true Jew is distinguished by three characteristics: sympathy, modesty, benevolence." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 5:22
"The Jews are God’s stake in human history." ~~ A. J. Heschel
"When trouble comes into the world, Israel feels it first: when good comes, Israel feels it first, too." ~~ Midrash Lamentations R. 2:3
"Myrtle is sweet to the one who smells it, but bitter to the one who bites it; so Israel brings prosperity to those who grant it kindness, and depression to those who afflict it with evil." ~~ Midrash Esther R. 6:5
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