It's not what the rabbis say that defines Jewishness but what we Israelis do every day - our actions and our values. A. B. Yehoshua More Quotes by A. B. Yehoshua More Quotes From A. B. Yehoshua Israelis are the total Jews. A. B. Yehoshua israelisjewstotal The malady of the Jews is that they don't see territory as part of their identity. A. B. Yehoshua jewsseeterritoryidentity I was proud my father spoke Arabic fluently - his father sent him to learn Arabic from a sheikh - and we had Arab friends. His task of understanding the Arabs - not only politics but poetry - was very important; he took it as a vocation. A. B. Yehoshua friendspoliticspoetryfather We're living with the Arabs; we have to understand them... Through knowing the Arabs, you know yourself better. A. B. Yehoshua yourselfbetterunderstandyou I come from two parts of the oriental community - Jerusalemite and North African Jews. A. B. Yehoshua northcomecommunitytwo At the heart of anti-Semitism lies Moses. He made a catastrophic error, a terrible mistake, and all anti-Semitism for two thousand years stems from his misjudgement. Moses said we Jews could remain a people without having a land. He said we don't need territory to hold onto our Jewish identity. This was a disaster. A. B. Yehoshua identitymistakeheartpeople
