“There’s nothing controversial about this,..”
In truth, I had really not thought about this lately. You are correct though. England has the same anti-semitic disease that the rest of Western Europe has had for...centuries. Perhaps to a lesser degree than some other countries, but they do have the fever.
Since WWII US children have lead a fairly cloistered existence when it came to anti-semitism. Kids from my generation just never thought that way. What is common behavior and attitude in Europe, would get you bounced out on the street in the US.
The US is generally where the Enlightenment went, when Europe became atherosclerotic.
Britain, of course, has had a Jewish prime minister. What was the name of that Jewish American president, again? Slips my mind.
The UK also fought to defend Jewish rights and issue the Balfour declaration at a time when the Americans certainly weren’t interested.
As for the present, I seem to recall that Sacha Baron Cohen, in his Borat incarnation, managed to get a large group of Americans to sing a song called “Throw the Jew down the Well”. Never happened in Britain, nor could I imagine it happening.
Britain, of course, has had a Jewish prime minister. What was the name of that Jewish American president, again? Slips my mind.
The UK also fought to defend Jewish rights and issue the Balfour declaration at a time when the Americans certainly weren’t interested.
As for the present, I seem to recall that Sacha Baron Cohen, in his Borat incarnation, managed to get a large group of Americans to sing a song called “Throw the Jew down the Well”. Never happened in Britain, nor could I imagine it happening.