
Jews Don’t Count
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David Baddiel
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David Baddiel
About this listen
How identity politics failed one particular identity.
‘A must read and if you think YOU don’t need to read it, that’s just the clue to know you do’ SARAH SILVERMAN
‘A masterpiece' STEPHEN FRY
Jews Don’t Count is a book for people who consider themselves on the right side of history. People fighting the good fight against homophobia, disablism, transphobia and, particularly, racism. People, possibly, like you.
It is the comedian and writer David Baddiel’s contention that one type of racism has been left out of this fight. In his unique combination of close reasoning, polemic, personal experience and jokes, Baddiel argues that those who think of themselves as on the right side of history have often ignored the history of anti-Semitism. He outlines why and how, in a time of intensely heightened awareness of minorities, Jews don’t count as a real minority: and why they should.
Critic reviews
‘Jews Don’t Count is a supreme piece of reasoning and passionate, yet controlled, argument. From his first sentence, the energy, force and conviction of Baddiel’s writing and thinking will transfix you…as readable as an airport thriller…a masterpiece.’
STEPHEN FRY
‘I don’t think I have ever been so grateful to anyone for writing a book. Baddiel’s Jews Don’t Count is incisive, urgent, surprisingly funny and short. It’s also a beautiful piece of publishing. It needs to be read’
JAY RAYNER
‘Brilliant, furious, uncomfortable, funny. Essential reading.’
SIMON MAYO
‘I'm about a quarter of the way into this thus far and it's very well argued and written. It's a book you know the author HAD to write, and those are the best books’
JON RONSON
‘I only big up work I really believe is good and this is extra-ordinarily good. And important’
JONATHAN ROSS
‘This is brilliant – funny and furious, mostly at the same time’
MARINA HYDE
‘A convincing and devastating charge sheet’ Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times
‘It is so gripping – I read it in a single sitting’ Stephen Bush, The Times
‘A fascinating book, I urge you to read it’ Piers Morgan
‘I really think it’s a great book … the real triumph is its tone, its straightforwardness, and its spectacular tact and wit’ Adam Phillips, author of Monogamy
‘this short and powerful book shows, with remarkable humanity and humour, that no contemporary conversation about racism is complete without confronting antisemitism. An essential read – and a compulsory one too, if I had my way.’ Sathnam Sanghera
‘Funny, complex and intellectually satisfying – a really good piece of work’ Frankie Boyle
‘Just so brilliantly argued and written, I was completely swept along’ Hadley Freeman
‘David Baddiel is a brilliant thinker and writer. Even when I disagree with him – especially when I disagree with him – I feel profound gratitude for his intellectual and moral clarity. This is a brave and necessary book.’ Jonathan Safran Foer
No legacy so rich as honesty.....
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A must listen
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Thought provoking
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A smart readable discussion on antisemitism
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With that point made I am keen to open my mind to views and opinions I may not understand. I have consciously tried over the past few years to actively seek literature like this.
This is fascinating and a book I will endeavour to go back to. I feel that even though this was a short book I may have missed a number of points.
I would recommend.
Very interesting
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How can a people be both all-powerful but at the same time be "scum"?
Are they seen as having white privilege or not?
How come they are seen has having obvious characteristics but at the same time no one knows often who they are?
How are they both oppressed and oppressors?
The "haters" see them as rich and as undeserving poor refugees?
How can you be completely opposed to racism but be antisemitic at the same time?
You can be classed as a Jew but not be religious? - Baddiel says of course that the Nazis didn't care whether you went to the synagogue or not.
They are an ethnic group but how many people would identify them as BAME?
Why does no one insist on Jews playing Jewish parts but a non-trans playing a trans can result in a film being cancelled?
I now understand why Jews have never felt "safe" and why the MPs in the labour party had to leave. What is interesting is how these tropes have been around since the middle ages. The current Geopolitics is not touched on much by Baddiel as that is a whole other story but he makes it very clear that he has no connection to, and doesn't have to make excuse as to the behaviour of, the state of Israel.
Should be compulsory in Schools
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insightful and a perspective often ignored
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Excellent and a little heartbreaking
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A necessary book
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A must read
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