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Guardian journalist explains why he won't correct people who say he's Jewish

Toby Moses says rising antisemitism has made him reconsider his attitude to his Jewish heritage

December 30, 2018 17:04
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The Guardian’s deputy opinion editor, Toby Moses, says he will no longer correct people who take him as Jewish, although he does not consider himself to be so.

In a column on the paper’s website, he explained he did not want it to appear that Jewish was a label to be ashamed of at a time of rising antisemitism.

Mr Moses said Judaism had never been his part of his identity because, although his father’s parents had been Jewish, they had never practised it.

“There wasn’t any of the cultural aspect in my childhood, no Friday night dinners or happy Chanukahs to remember,” he said.