The whole gamut of human experience, individual and social, is found in this history of our people of a people, pushing on the to fulfill the its destiny of a people - OUR people destiny. The essence record of what they have thought and done is the history of human progress. How can we ignore all this without depriving ourselves of something that is rich in meaning, of significant import in the development of our modern life to-day? How can we understand ourselves without understanding somewhat our heritage? knowing something of this pastthat has made us what we are?
Jewish Women's Archive. "Gertrude Weil's Speech at Beth Or Temple Sisterhood Sabbath, Raleigh, NC, May 12, 1944, page 2." (Viewed on December 26, 2024) <https://jwa.org/media/talk-given-by-weil-at-beth-or-temple-sisterhood-sabbath-raleigh-nc-1>.