I am a Jew because, born of Israel, and having lost her, I have felt her live again in me, more loving than myself.

I am a Jew because, born of Israel and having regained her, I wish her to live after me, more living than myself.

I am a Jew because the faith of Israel demands of me no abdication of the mind.

I am a Jew because the faith of Israel requires of me all the devotion of my heart.

I am a Jew because in every place where suffereing weeps, the Jew weeps.

I am a Jew because every time when despair cries out, the Jew hopes.

I am a Jew because the promise of Israel is the universal promise.

I am a Jew because, for israel, the world is not yet completed: people are completing it.

- adapted from Edmond Fleg


haggadah Section: -- Exodus Story
Source: A Passover Haggadah - CCAR