The strength of the Jewish lobby is once more seen, not only in our political life but also into our social structure.
The Jewish Question is an historical issue stretching back to the strength and representation of Jewish people on the boards of Banks, a time when the banks were seen as the enemy and when the economy and the lives of ordinary people were contrasted with the wealth of the senior banking fraternity.
It was brought into focus during the turmoil after the First World War with Germany knocked to its knees by the Reparations demanded especially by France, the Jews were seen to profit from the condition of the German economy and this was deeply resented by the population as a whole and helped in the rise of Hitler and his National Socialism.
The strength of the Jewish lobby in the politics of America, and again especially on the boards of the major banks which inevitably control the economic direction which is often, not seen as being in the interests of the "people" at large.
From the Jewish State, regularly in the spotlight, Israel is criticised in the ongoing way it deals with Palestinians who were part of the contextual social fabric of the Old Testament.
The Holocaust was the most barbaric event ever to be carried out by humans and whilst the Jews were not the only targets of German prejudice, a group to be exterminated from the German national scene but they were the most clearly identified and it rightly provoked, after the war the condemnation of the whole world. It also produced in the world at large a special case for being careful in what you say about Jewish Society.
My own memories of that society, specifically in South Africa were that they were exclusive and excluding.
They saw themselves as being special and with their influence, specifically in the West where apart from Congressmen and Bankers, many media moguls were Jewish and they always had a platform to denigrate any opposition.
Jeremy Corbyn is the latest to fall foul of the Jewish lobby and is currently being ridiculed for not having decried a wall mural which depicts a number of old men, clearly Jewish, sitting around a table on which the board game monopoly is being played. The table is made up of legs which seem to depict the mass of "the people" symbolic of the suggestion that the Jewish fraternity are above the people in their pursuit of wealth.
The Tower Hamlets mural was taken down in 2012 after pressure from the Board of Deputies and the Jewish Council and Corbyn at the time had questioned its removal.
It reminds me of the furor raised when the Muslims became incensed by cartoons depicting Mohamed. Mohamed of course is their holy icon not simply a collection of men who appear to depict an unsavory aspect of Jewish power.
Caricature has been mainstream in Britain for many years. The lampooning and characterisation of political leaders reached is zenith with "Spitting Image" and whilst I am sure it caused much embarrassment to those who were made fun of or depicted in a draconian fashion, I can't remember anyone making a fuss.
Is it the case that the Jews see themselves as too precious, too special. If this is so perhaps they are deserving of being lampooned since their specialness rests on their being the "Chosen People", cast in an historical backdrop which has more than a fair bit of pantomime about it.
The Jewish Question is an historical issue stretching back to the strength and representation of Jewish people on the boards of Banks, a time when the banks were seen as the enemy and when the economy and the lives of ordinary people were contrasted with the wealth of the senior banking fraternity.
It was brought into focus during the turmoil after the First World War with Germany knocked to its knees by the Reparations demanded especially by France, the Jews were seen to profit from the condition of the German economy and this was deeply resented by the population as a whole and helped in the rise of Hitler and his National Socialism.
The strength of the Jewish lobby in the politics of America, and again especially on the boards of the major banks which inevitably control the economic direction which is often, not seen as being in the interests of the "people" at large.
From the Jewish State, regularly in the spotlight, Israel is criticised in the ongoing way it deals with Palestinians who were part of the contextual social fabric of the Old Testament.
The Holocaust was the most barbaric event ever to be carried out by humans and whilst the Jews were not the only targets of German prejudice, a group to be exterminated from the German national scene but they were the most clearly identified and it rightly provoked, after the war the condemnation of the whole world. It also produced in the world at large a special case for being careful in what you say about Jewish Society.
My own memories of that society, specifically in South Africa were that they were exclusive and excluding.
They saw themselves as being special and with their influence, specifically in the West where apart from Congressmen and Bankers, many media moguls were Jewish and they always had a platform to denigrate any opposition.
Jeremy Corbyn is the latest to fall foul of the Jewish lobby and is currently being ridiculed for not having decried a wall mural which depicts a number of old men, clearly Jewish, sitting around a table on which the board game monopoly is being played. The table is made up of legs which seem to depict the mass of "the people" symbolic of the suggestion that the Jewish fraternity are above the people in their pursuit of wealth.
The Tower Hamlets mural was taken down in 2012 after pressure from the Board of Deputies and the Jewish Council and Corbyn at the time had questioned its removal.
It reminds me of the furor raised when the Muslims became incensed by cartoons depicting Mohamed. Mohamed of course is their holy icon not simply a collection of men who appear to depict an unsavory aspect of Jewish power.
Caricature has been mainstream in Britain for many years. The lampooning and characterisation of political leaders reached is zenith with "Spitting Image" and whilst I am sure it caused much embarrassment to those who were made fun of or depicted in a draconian fashion, I can't remember anyone making a fuss.
Is it the case that the Jews see themselves as too precious, too special. If this is so perhaps they are deserving of being lampooned since their specialness rests on their being the "Chosen People", cast in an historical backdrop which has more than a fair bit of pantomime about it.
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