Some of My Best Friends

Jewish people and a few Gentiles muse on what it means to be Jewish in 1960s Britain The challenges of maintaining faith and culture outside Israel and in a society where Jewish and English are seen as mutually exclusive identities are perceptively explored in this astute documentary Some secular Jews are keen to distance themselves from traditional Judaism and especially Zionism one defines himself simply as a Marxist Gentiles are on hand to cheerfully perpetuate some of the old stereotypes and were treated to colourful snapshots of the Jewish community in London the rag trade a kosher butcher and restaurant