“Listening to and playing the piano is like hopping into a time machine and going back to when I was a kid in Poland. Every note I play is like pressing a different memory cell. When I play, even my taste buds start to work and I can feel the taste of the amazing tzimmus my mother used to make. I can even smell the scent from my mother’s kitchen. It’s a great walk through memory lane. With the right music, you either forget everything or you remember everything.”
“My Mom Is Jewish and my Dad is Muslim, so according to both sides I belong to the two religions simultaneously. It’s not an easy ride, but that’s life and I am proud of my heritage. On my shirt you can read my answer to those who criticize my origin. (His shirt can be roughly translated as ”The whole world can go fuck itself”)
Yosef Diamant is a Holocaust survivor who survived the horrors in the death camp at Auschwitz. He is the only survivor of his immediate family. His parents and three brothers were all murdered. The Dayament – Sager family decided to tattoo Yosef’s “Holocaust number” on their forearm as a tribute to him, and so as to never forget what happened. Arik, Yosef’s grandson, decided to get the tattoo after a lot of consideration. “I had to think about the decision very carefully, and at first, my grandfather was reluctant about it, but in the end he asked me: “when your grandson will see the tattoo will you tell him about me?” At that moment, I decided to tattoo my wrist, and knew that it was the right decision for me. After that, the other members of my family decided to tattoo themselves as well. “We decided to add a small diamond next to the number in honor of ...
“I didn’t go to the ballot box today because all the politicians are the same. Once they’ve claimed their throne in Parliament, they tend to forget the people who sent them.”
“People tell me you shouldn’t be here, it’s not your place, go live in Gaza, you have 22 other states. I say no, no, no. This is my country, I am a citizen. You have to give. me. my. rights. as. a. minority. I am not the victim of the Jews or the Arabs, I’m not a victim of the society, and I am not a victim of the government. The moment I stop seeing myself as a victim, is the moment that I can … fly, and in this moment, I can break the glass ceiling that everybody’s talking about. When I lit the Torch in The Independence Day Ceremony and said the traditional phrase, ‘for the glory of the State of Israel,’ I sent a message to all the people that don’t think I belong here. I exist whether you like it or not, I am not going anywhere.” In the ceremony she said: “To ...
“I’m not your typical Ultra Orthodox Jew. Nine years ago freinds took me to Uman (a pilgrimage site for “Breslov” Hasidim Jews), where I discovered the teaching of Rabi Nachman. It was like an awakening for me and I became a ‘Breslov’. Wearing black doesn’t make you a better Jew – Faith comes from the inside out. I’m your modern hipster Jew.”