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Jews Don’t Count
- Narrated by: David Baddiel
- Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins
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Summary
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.
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‘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
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- Judi in Disguise...
- 04-02-21
Excellent
Thought provoking, good to hear his opinions on this subject. Something I have been thinking about a lot recently.
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- J D Davies
- 16-02-21
A book that should be on the curriculum
Ticks off every point I have ever felt about Jews not counting. A superb book.
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- papapownall
- 07-03-21
David Baddiel gets serious about antisemitism
The title of this book is based on a tweet sent by Robert "Citizen Smith" Lindsey in reply to comedian and writer David Baddiel during a supposedly light hearted debate. It lead David Baddiel to contemplate how and why it is considered acceptable to make this sort of comment, even in a light hearted manner, in respect of Jews but would be considered inappropriate or ever offensive if it were levied against any other minority group.
This is a serious book and there are precious little comedy here. It does present an enlightening picture of what it is like to be a Jewish person in Britain today. Baddiel considers the age old question of whether Jews are a race or a religion and ponders whether it is the fact that, on the whole, a Jewish person's physical appearance is not as distinctive as other ethnic minority groups thus making them less visible and more prone to casual discrimination. For example, when Rishi Sunak was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer it was widely reported that he was the first ethnic minority to hold the post even though Nigel Lawson as early as 1983 which raises the debate whether or not Jewish people are ethnic minorities. The book also tackles the issue of whether it is acceptable to be critical of Israel without being antisemitic, the author argues that there are two different issues here but this demonstrates the delicacy of the situation. There is a lot to think about in this short book and I would recommend this to anyone.
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- Julia Witecka
- 18-01-22
A must read
Very thought provoking, informative, and interesting. This book has made me think about ways in which Jews of all ages, classes, and ethnicities suffer in todays day and age, highlighting how much work we have to do as a society to fully tackle anti Semitism. Baddiel has clearly puts his whole heart, soul, and mind into this book, and conveys so with his voice and him being his unapologetic, authentic self. 10/10!
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-07-21
A very modern polemic
An open and heartfelt lived experience of a progressive battling progressives. Unarguably true throughout.
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- Lee Taylor
- 13-03-21
Challenging in a good way
As a "Progressive" kind of person I thought I had a handle on most forms of racism and bigotry but I am also aware that I grew up in the 70s and 80s .. also that I like to be considered and indeed to be, "balanced" in my views and that I am and have not been perfect .. this is starting to sound like some sort of confession .. what is really is, is a clumsy was of saying, this book, is part of my learning, it has exposed a few personal blindspots and unconscious bias and I hope will help my thought processes when confronted with anti semitism in the rare times I need to it will heighten my awareness . Thanks David.
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- Shoshana
- 20-05-21
Thank You
I finished listening to the audiobook at 3.45am, burst into tears and applause, which awoke my household. 5 stars.
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- Emma Richardson
- 16-04-21
Brilliant
Everyone should read or listen to this book. Enlightening. Engaging. Funny (where appropriate). And timely.
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- David Higham
- 19-09-21
Well read great insight
Really thought provoking book love David Baddiel very funny. This isn’t a comedic book I knew that but I still bought it glad I did. He’s right of course throughout and it’s a book that made me think and I like that so five stars
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- richard lipson
- 09-08-22
A superbly argued case
A well researched and thought out treatise which should be read by everyone interested in racism and Liberal thinking
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