Jews Don’t Count: A Times Book of the Year 2021
* Always watch out for always, from antisemites. A central Nazi propaganda film was called The Eternal Jew. A more recent example has been Roald Dahl, who in 1982 said: ‘There is a trait in the Jewish character that does provoke animosity. Maybe it’s a kind of lack of generosity to non-Jews. I mean, there’s always a reason why anti-anything crops up anywhere. Even a stinker like Hitler didn’t just pick on them for no reason.’ Which is not, again, a #JewsDontCount example. The #JewsDontCount example is that in the UK we celebrate Roald Dahl Day, with hardly a tremor.