On Being Jewish Now Quotes

“Judaism encourages the balancing of life’s joys and sorrows, and also that it is a mitzvah (a good deed) to celebrate life’s milestone events with joy. I understood then that I had been given permission to feel all the things, to let my happiness and sorrow exist side by side.”
― Zibby Owens, On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates

“After all, when someone hates you for being who you are, what choice do you have other than to be yourself, but louder and with even more pride?”
― Zibby Owens, On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates