Daniel Finkelstein is one of the UK’s most prominent Jews. Here’s the start of his Wikipedia page:
Daniel ‘Danny’ William Finkelstein, Baron Finkelstein OBE (born 30 August 1962) is a British journalist and politician. He is the Executive Editor of The Times, where he is also Chief Leader Writer and a weekly political columnist. He is the chairman of Policy Exchange. It was announced that he would be elevated to the House of Lords in August 2013.[1]
Which makes the list of “30 reasons I like being a Jew” that he has just allowed to be published in The Times(£) totally, jaw-droppingly, astonishingly bad. Zoom in on the image for the full horror including such highlights as not one, but two bad Jewish jokes. The first one involving a man, his mistress and his wife is pretty vile. The second one, completely rooted in the money-grubbing Jew stereotype is off the charts dumb for this article. I have no idea what the opening point about Jews having too many cars is talking about.
Then we come to this:
5. The fact that we have holidays when the rest of you do not have holidays.
6. The fact that we still get your holidays.
Is this man 8 years old and gleefully skipping school on Rosh Hashanah while all the other little goys have to go?
13. Paul Simon
I was under the impression you didn’t need to be Jewish to enjoy the work of Paul Simon.
19. The films of Woody Allen. (“How should I know why there are Nazis? I can’t figure out how to work the can opener.”)
Ok, perhaps you do have to be Jewish to enjoy the work of Woody Allen. But why find a quote involving Nazis? Seriously? Does this man not know anything about Goodwin’s Law?
14. Not having to believe God had a son.
This is just revoltingly offensive. I don’t believe Jesus is the son of God, but I certainly don’t feel that’s a bonus of Judaism and I don’t have any glib feelings about Christian theology that’s I’d express in eight words in a national newspaper.
28. Understanding that liberty is not just an abstract idea and the fight against prejudice not just [sic] someone else’s cause.
Errrr Ok, yes, liberty… I’d have focused on equality under the law but yes, liberty is a big deal. But really that’s what you like about being a Jew?
Which leads us into his last two:
29. Control of the media.
30 And of the international banking system.
Well we know he’s joking. I say we, I mean I do, but the viewers of RT and Al Jazeera don’t know that. At least I should be grateful that back when he mentioned the “ritual meal at Passover with the whole family” it’s a good thing he didn’t mention squeezing the blood out of the Palestinian child to make the Matzah.
And you know what’s missing from his reasons to like being a Jew? Any mention of Israel. A safe place to run to when Europe expels all its Jews. Again.
