{"id":49690,"date":"2012-05-30T07:19:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T07:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=49690"},"modified":"2012-06-02T08:29:50","modified_gmt":"2012-06-02T08:29:50","slug":"ed-david-and-glenn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=49690","title":{"rendered":"Ed, David and Glenn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gilad Atzmon \u2013 gilad.co.uk May 29, 2012<\/h1>\n

A few days ago, in a New Statesman<\/em> special Jewish edition article<\/span><\/a>, Labour leader Ed Miliband explored his Jewish heritage.<\/h5>\n
As expected, Ed Miliband confessed that his father, the Marxist historian Ralph Miliband, and his mother, Marion, \u201craised him to appreciate various aspects of his Jewish heritage. \u201c<\/h5>\n
But what is Jewish heritage for Ed Miliband, is it the Torah, the Ten Commandment or any particular ethical universal teaching? Not at all, Ed is not a religious Jew and is actually innocent enough to admit that\u00a0 his \u201crelationship with\u00a0 Jewishness is complex.\u201d\u00a0 In fact, it amounts to a combination of suffering mixed with Woody Allen and matzo balls.<\/h5>\n
On the one hand we follow the standard trail of Jewish anguish and trauma.<\/h5>\n

\u201cSo how can my Jewishness not be part of me?\u201d he says. \u201cIt defines how my family was treated. It explains why we came to Britain. I would not be leader of the Labour Party without the trauma of my family history.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But for Ed suffering is just part of the story, Ed\u2019s Jewishness has some cultural elements in it too:<\/h5>\n

\u201cMy mum got me into Woody Allen; my dad taught me Yiddish phrases, and my grandmother cooked me chicken soup and matzo balls.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Profound indeed.<\/h5>\n
Young Miliband is also deeply immersed in Jewish \u2018rituals\u2019.\u00a0 Like Zoey, Dictator Aladdeen\u2019s Wife in Sacha Borat Cohen\u2019s new Hasbara film, Justine, Ed\u2019s new wife, also \u201cbroke a glass\u201d under their wedding canopy.<\/h5>\n
I actually think that we have too many Milibands in British politics. It was revealed that David Miliband was an Israeli Hasbara author though Ed does seem to be slightly more careful than David, at least for the time being. However, I must admit that I don\u2019t oppose all Milibands.\u00a0 I actually respect the eldest Miliband brother, trombone player Glenn Miliband. And you know what? I am In The Mood<\/span><\/a> for a <\/span>Moonlight Serenade<\/span>.<\/a><\/h5>\n

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