“The president realizes the importance of recognizing American Jewish contributions to this nation.”
Blair Jones
“It is not discrimination to treat different things differently.”
Maggie Gallagher
“The president recognizes the importance of celebrating Jewish-American contributions to the nation.”
“We need to become more aware of how rapidly the definitions of what it means to be Jewish are changing. The philanthropic community must not shy away from confronting the difficult issues of identity and continuity these transformations raise.”
Mark Charendoff
“It was Spanish Jewry, not Spanish jewelry, that paid for Columbus' voyage of discovery.”
Mel Wacks
“I am proud to nominate the first Jewish candidate for vice president, my colleague and my friend Joseph Lieberman, ... Al Gore, you could not have made a better choice for the vice presidential candidate of the United States.”
Chris Dodd
“Courageously she has gone to Texas near the ranch of President Bush and braved the elements and a hostile Jewish supremacist media.”
David Duke