Daily: Why Jews don’t count – DAVID BADDIEL talks to Nick Cohen

<p>Why do people who consider themselves anti-racist have a blind spot when it comes to antisemitism? Why don’t we automatically think of antisemitism as racism, or Jews as an ethnic minority? Writer and comedian <strong>David Baddiel </strong>talks to Nick Cohen<strong> </strong>about his new book ‘<a href="https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/David-Baddiel/Jews-Dont-Count/24653213" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jews Don’t Count</a>’, how social media nourished a new antisemitism among some progressives…&nbsp;and why British Jews shouldn’t have to answer for Benjamin Netanyahu.</p><p><em>•&nbsp;“Israel-Palestine is a situation that most Jews are not responsible for… It’s racist to imagine that all Jews have to have an opinion either way”&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>•&nbsp;“The idea that there would be no anti-Semitism without the State of Israel is a myth.”&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>•&nbsp;“Our notion of identity politics just doesn’t apply to Jews.”</em></p><p><em>•&nbsp;“My atheism has no bearing on whether or not I would have been killed by the Nazis. It’s racism. I don’t have a choice to be Jewish.”&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>Presented by Nick Cohen. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jelena Sofronijevic and Jacob Archbold. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>