Mary Antin - Jewish Quotes

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You heard on all sides that the brightest Jewish children were turned down if the examining officers did not like the turn of their noses.

Mary Antin

You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose.

Mary Antin

There is never a Jewish community without its scholars, but where Jews may not be both intellectuals and Jews, they prefer to remain Jews.

Mary Antin