He's a yid!

Susan Stein

I am an American and I listen to BBC World Service on my local NPR station. I couldn't sleep one night and I turned on the radio. Reporting Religion was on. It was during the Presidential election. The reporter for Reporting Religion decided to interview members of a synagouge in Boston. I couldn't decide whether to laugh, cry or be angry afterwards. First of all he didn't even get the denomination of the synagogue right. The only subject he was interested in was Israel. The interviewees talked about taxes, helping the poor, social security and every single issue but Israel. They were obviously offended. The reporter was too obtuse and too prejudiced to realize that he had offended his interviewees. He never considered that Jews are full citizens of America and base their votes on many issues. Israel is just one of the many issues Jews measure candidates by. Of course, then I really counldn't sleep. The members of the British Board of Deputies tried to tell FM Bevin that Jews were being systematically murdered by the Nazis. Bevin replied, "You Jews are always wailing about something." Not much has changed since then.

Dr. Irene Lancaster FRSA

I agree with your assessment, and also that of Oliver Kamm. Most people I have spoken to in Israel about the appointment have simply discussed Milliband's track record on foreign policy issues and have not mentioned any Jewish antecedents - not even once