Jews
Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan In the twenty years that I have been responsible for this humble Yorkshire blog, I have never written about Jews, Jewishness or Judaism. I guess it's an area that "gentiles" like me try to stay clear of - partly for fear of being labelled anti-Semitic. At times, it can seem as if only Jews are allowed to reflect upon themselves . Growing up in my East Yorkshire village, I was entirely unaware of Judaism and no Jews lived in that village. However, at eleven that changed somewhat when I passed the eleven plus exam and gained a scholarship to the poshest school in Hull. Every morning, the posh school had an assembly in which there were Christian prayers and hymns. That section would be followed by general school notices. Every morning, I had to ride thirteen miles into Hull on a country bus and because of this I was never in the school hall at the start of the assembly so I had to wait outside with around twenty others boys who missed th...