David Baddiel is a comedian and writer whose latest book is Jews Don't Count
The appreciation seems like it only goes one way says David Baddiel
Jewish comedy may be our greatest gift to the world and Curb Your Enthusiasm, now back for its final season, is one of the greatest examples of it. Shvitzing the small stuff is so Jewish
This is a difficult and dangerous time for Jews but we are very good at something and that is survival
It’s hard to keep insisting on a clear line between Israelis and Jews when Hamas don’t recognise the nuance
The only sensible response to someone coming up with an idea that challenges a settled, considered position you hold is to rethink it, not to get angry or try and change the subject
Yet again, a major movie has cast a non-Jew to play a famous Jew. This may be part of a deeper erasure of Jews — and antisemitism — going on under the surface of storytelling
I gave up on religious belief long ago and I'm not changing now
In Judaism, you can be Orthodox without necessarily believing in a supernatural being
The language in his novels pales in comparison to the author's hatred of Jews
The de-Jewification is part of a long tradition, from early paintings covering his circumcision to modern progressive portrayals of him as Middle Eastern from anywhere but Israel
That’s one reason why my Channel 4 film was packed with famous names — if you’re trying to persuade people to start to care about something, it helps to have Ross from Friends
It says much about our community that Jewish Twitter is random people doing their best to speak out against trolls
Who wouldn’t want to watch Saul Bellow on Love Island?
Other types of Jewish humour are available says David Baddiel
The answer lies in the longstanding misguided and racist assumption by TV commissioners that the only people who would be interested in a show about Jews would be other Jews
Nothing proves the ‘horse shoe theory’ of politics better than the way the Ukrainian president has been questioned by far right and far left on the basis of his background and identity
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