Jewish Historical Society

Famous quotes containing the words jewish, historical and/or society:

    “For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application—why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again.”
    —Howard Nemerov (1920–1991)

    “Reason, progress, unselfishness, a wide historical perspective, expansiveness, generosity, enlightened self-interest. I had heard it all my life, and it filled me with despair.”
    —Katherine Tait (b. 1923)

    “My great panacea for making society at once better and more enjoyable would be to cultivate greater sincerity.”
    —Frances Power Cobbe (1822–1904)