I am a Jew because born of Israel and having lost it, I feel it revive within me more alive than I am myself.
I am a Jew because born of Israel and having found it again, I would have it live after me even more alive that it is within me.
I am a Jew because the faith of Israel requires no abdication of my mind.
I am a Jew because the faith of Israel asks any possible sacrifice of my soul.
I am a Jew because in all places where there are tears and suffering the Jew weeps.
I am a Jew because the message of Israel is the most ancient and the most modern.
I am a Jew because Israel’s promise is a universal promise.
I am a Jew because for Israel the world is not finished; we will complete it.
I am a Jew because for Israel, the human is not yet completed; we are the ones doing the completing.
I am a Jew because Israel places the human and their unity above nations and above Israel itself.
I am a Jew because above The human person the image of the Divine Unity, Israel places the unity which is divine.
I am a Jew because in every age when the cry of despair is heard, the Jew hopes
(Edmund Fleg)