Why do British people want their country to be net zero for greenhouse gas emissions? The advantage of net zero is for the whole planet. Why do more than your share?
A few points, Ed Miliband was succeeded by Jeremy Corbyn. Labour's first Jewish leader was succeeded by its most passionately anti-Israeli, and many would say anti-Semitic, leader. I think that is of interest. Ralph Miliband came to Britain fleeing from the Nazis, as did his wife Marion. This is part of what formed their socialism and their identity and I think that is of interest. It is not the same as whether he had red hair or not (he didn't). But there is only so much of that one can go into in a short piece.
Thank you. Of course it's not the same as if he had red hair. That was my point, of course -- his hair color should be irrelevant. Without all the detail you've included in this comment response above (and appreciated), to include the fact of his Jewishness hanging more or less on its own is, at this moment of widely and freely expressed anti-semitism, certainly seemed gratuitous. Certainly without context. There may be only so much detail you can go into in a short piece, but I think it was highly relevant, even necessary, in this case.
I actually think it's relevant precisely because of the rampant antisemitism now. "Jewish Marxist" is not a totally made-up stereotype. Many Jews have been drawn to Marxism, and all too many who are drawn to it seem to me to express their hostility to their own Jewishness, and to Israel as well, through their supposedly more enlightened commitment to some universal "workers of the world" identity.
Why do British people want their country to be net zero for greenhouse gas emissions? The advantage of net zero is for the whole planet. Why do more than your share?
How important was it to inform the reader that Ralph, the Marxist father, was Jewish? Did he have red hair? Was he tall or short?
A few points, Ed Miliband was succeeded by Jeremy Corbyn. Labour's first Jewish leader was succeeded by its most passionately anti-Israeli, and many would say anti-Semitic, leader. I think that is of interest. Ralph Miliband came to Britain fleeing from the Nazis, as did his wife Marion. This is part of what formed their socialism and their identity and I think that is of interest. It is not the same as whether he had red hair or not (he didn't). But there is only so much of that one can go into in a short piece.
Thank you. Of course it's not the same as if he had red hair. That was my point, of course -- his hair color should be irrelevant. Without all the detail you've included in this comment response above (and appreciated), to include the fact of his Jewishness hanging more or less on its own is, at this moment of widely and freely expressed anti-semitism, certainly seemed gratuitous. Certainly without context. There may be only so much detail you can go into in a short piece, but I think it was highly relevant, even necessary, in this case.
That certainly was not my intent.... far from it
OK -- understood and thanks.
I actually think it's relevant precisely because of the rampant antisemitism now. "Jewish Marxist" is not a totally made-up stereotype. Many Jews have been drawn to Marxism, and all too many who are drawn to it seem to me to express their hostility to their own Jewishness, and to Israel as well, through their supposedly more enlightened commitment to some universal "workers of the world" identity.