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.

It is not that I belong to the past, but the past that belongs to me.

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.

The apex of my civic pride and personal contentment was reached on the bright September morning when I entered the public school.

A characteristic thing about the aspiring immigrant is the fact that he is not content to progress alone. Solitary success is imperfect success in his eyes. He must take his family with him as he rises.

Among the liveliest of my memories are those of eating and drinking; and I would sooner give up some of my delightful remembered walks, green trees, cool skies, and all, than to lose my images of suppers eaten on Sabbath evenings at the end of those walks.

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