Synagogue Quotes

• In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it "Christmas" and went to church; the Jews called it "Hanukka" and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say "Merry Christmas!" or "Happy Hanukka!" or (to the atheists) "Look out for the wall!"

  Dave Barry

  Christmas, Christian, Atheist

  "Christmas Shopping: A Survivor's Guide" by Dave Barry, www.davebarry.com.

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• To go to the synagogue with one's father on the Passover eve - is there in the world a greater pleasure than that? What is it worth to be dressed in new clothes from head to foot, and to show off before one's friends? Then the prayers themselves - the first Festival evening prayer and blessing.

  Sholom Aleichem

  Prayer, Father, Blessing

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• Jews have deep respect for the Queen and the royal family. We say a prayer for them every Sabbath in synagogue. We recite a special blessing on seeing the Queen.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Queens, Prayer, Blessing

  "The Queen’s Multi-faith Society" by Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2012.

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• Once the world sees this Synagogue of Satan as it really is and knows the players, they fear what will happen to them. The world will turn against them and that is happening now as we speak.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Player, World, Speak

  "Farrakhan: 'I never endorsed Mr. Trump or any of the candidates'". Interview with Richard Muhammad, www.finalcall.com. March 8, 2016.

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• We have to make a distinction between members of the Jewish community who sincerely are trying to follow the laws, statutes and commandments of God in their covenant relationship with Him, but among them are those who say they are Jews and they are not. And this is why the scripture refers to them as the Synagogue of Satan because their work is an evil work. They are doing exactly what Satan is supposed to do - which is to spread evil, not to contain evil to himself but to spread evil to others and make others deviate from the laws, statutes and commandments of God.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Law, Evil, Community

  "Farrakhan: 'I never endorsed Mr. Trump or any of the candidates'". Interview with Richard Muhammad, www.finalcall.com. March 8, 2016.

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• What shall we Christians do now with this depraved and damned people of the Jews? ... I will give my faithful advice: First, that one should set fire to their synagogues. . . . Then that one should also break down and destroy their houses. . . . That one should drive them out the country.

  Martin Luther

  Christian, Country, Fire

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• We entered a synagogue which was packed with the greatest stinking bunch of humanity I have ever seen. Either these Displaced Persons never had any sense of decency or else they lost it all during their period of internment by the Germans. My personal opinion is that no people could have sunk to the level of degradation these have reached in the short space of four years.

  George S. Patton

  Army, Space, Personal Opinions

  "After the Holocaust: Rebuilding Jewish Lives in Post War Germany". Book by Michael Brenner, 1997.

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• Some of us worship in churches, some in synagogues, some on golf courses...

  Adlai Stevenson I

  Funny, Golf, Church

  "The Political Thought of Adlai E. Stevenson" by William Robert Latimer, (p. 89), 1955.

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• Therefore be on your guard against the Jews, knowing that wherever they have their synagogues, nothing is found but a den of devils in which sheer self-glory, conceit, lies, blasphemy, and defaming of God and men are practiced most maliciously and veheming his eyes on them.

  Martin Luther

  Religious, Lying, Eye

  "On the Jews and Their Lies". Book by Martin Luther, 1543.

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• The fear of being uncovered, the fear of being made known for their wickedness is what is driving the ADL and that Synagogue of Satan, false Jews to pin the label on me as an anti-Semite. This is something they feel they must do in order to cover the evil that they have done or are a party to.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Party, Order, Evil

  "Farrakhan: 'I never endorsed Mr. Trump or any of the candidates'". Interview by Richard B. Muhammad, www.finalcall.com. March 8, 2016.

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• My mother was very agnostic. She would never set foot in the synagogue, she couldn't be doing with it.

  Janet Suzman

  Mother, Feet, Agnostic

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• Although I myself don't go to church or synagogue, I do, whether it's superstition or whatever, pray every time I get on a plane. I just automatically do it. I say the same thing every time.

  Barbara Walters

  Church, Literature, Superstitions

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• My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston.

  Lionel Blue

  Inspirational, Dance, Mother

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• The real act of marriage takes place in the heart, not in the ballroom or church or synagogue. It's a choice you make on your wedding day, and over and over again and that choice is reflected in the way you treat your husband.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Love, Relationship, Marriage

  Barbara De Angelis (1997). “Are You the One for Me? ; Real Moments”, Fine Communications

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• The style of God venerated in church, mosque, and synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe.

  Alan Watts

  Style, Church, Different

  "The Essence of Alan Watts".

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• What shall we do with...the Jews?...set fire to their synagogues or schools and bury and cover with dirt whatever will not burn, so that no man will ever again see a stone or cinder of them.

  Martin Luther

  Religious, School, Humor

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• I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to a mostly African American high school on the South Side of Chicago and joined a gospel choir.

  Mandy Patinkin

  School, Boys, House

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• One day, a leopard stalked into the synagogue, roaring and lashing its tail. Three weeks later, it had become part of the liturgy.

  Franz Kafka

  One Day, Roaring, Three

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• My feet might fail me, my heart might ail me,
  The synagogues of Satan might accuse or jail me,
  Strip, crown, nail me, brimstone hail me...
  They might defeat the flesh but they could never ever kill me.
  They might feel the music but could never ever feel me.

  Jay Electronica

  Rap, Heart, Feet

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• Satan is inconsistent. He persuades a man not to go to a synagogue on a cold morning; yet when the man does go, he follows him into it.

  John Henry Newman

  Morning, Men, Doe

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• I have enormous pride in the survival of the Jewish people, the cultural heritage of the Jewish people, but I'm not observant, and I don't belong to a synagogue. I don't go to temple on high holy days, but I'm proud to be Jewish.

  Erica Jong

  Pride, Holy Days, People

  Interview with Whitney Joiner, logger.believermag.com. October 17, 2013.

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• Today, as it was 2,000 years ago, the Kingdom of God is within each of us. It is not within a church, a temple, a mosque or synagogue.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Years, Church, Kingdoms

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• Small business is the gateway to opportunity for those who want a piece of the American dream... Well, wouldn't it be nice to hear a little more about the forgotten heroes of America - those who create most of our new jobs, like the owners of stores down the street; the faithfuls who support our churches, synagogues, schools, and communities; the brave men and women everywhere who produce our goods, feed a hungry world, and keep our families warm while they invest in the future to build a better America? That's where miracles are made, not in Washington, D.C.

  Ronald Reagan

  Dream, Jobs, Nice

  Ronald Reagan's Remarks at the National Conference of the National Federation of Independent Business, www.reaganlibrary.gov. June 22, 1983.

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• I’ll keep it short and sweet. Family, religion, friendship. These are the three demons you must slay if you wish to succeed in business. When opportunity knocks, you don’t want to be driving to a maternity hospital or sitting in some phony-baloney church. Or synagogue.

  Charles Montgomery

  Sweet, Opportunity, Wish

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• I try to be a good shiksa wife. I go to Central Synagogue in New York.

  Drew Barrymore

  New York, Wife, Trying

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