If you were to define yourself as a Jew, what exactly gives you your identity?

Interviewee:
Peter Stern
Date of birth:
Interviewer:
Getta Neumann
2015
,
Timișoara

It's hard to be Jewish. Very hard. It is especially difficult to be a Jew in the minority in a country. Being Jewish is probably the hardest of all. Not only that I am Jewish, I am also Romanian and have a Hungarian education. So, I’m not fully either of them. I am not fully Jewish, because I am not in Israel. I am not fully Romanian because I am Jewish and have a Hungarian education; I am not Hungarian because I have a Romanian education. And I am Jewish. It’s a wealth. In my opinion, the fact that I belong to three cultures enriches me, compared to someone who only belongs to one.

Source:
unpublished

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