When a Jew, in America or in South Africa, in Russia or in England, in China or in France, stops being a Jew and becomes a citizen of the country where he lives, he is lost to us.
— David Ben-Gurion Modern

Founder of Israel

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Context

Letter to his son Amos

Date / Period

1937

Category

Strange & Unusual

Source

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/quotes-by-david-ben-gurion

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Unverifiable

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Found in 1 providers: grok

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Cross Reference

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