Jewish Historical Society

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

    “A Jewish man with parents alive is a fifteen-year-old boy, and will remain a fifteen-year-old boy till they die.”
    —Philip Roth (20th century)

    “The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects—making it possible ... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing.”
    —Susan Sontag (b. 1933)

    “Our society is not a community, but merely a collection of isolated family units.”
    —Valerie Solanas (b. 1940)