Sir Stephen Fry and his Jewish heritage
If, like me, you are a devotee of British television, you well know Sir Stephen Fry. The former host of the wonderful comedy panel show QI , he is what the British would call a "national treasure," having starred or featured in such classic television series as A Bit of Fry and Laurie and Blackadder . Channel 4 in the UK, one of the terrestrial broadcast networks, has a tradition of offering an "alternative Christmas message" to, not so much counter, as to give a different take that the one given by the King or Queen of the day. This was Sir Stephen's message in 2024. It is a truism of our "feel-good" times to just "be who you are". Self-actualization is the highest calling. Care not a farthing for what others think of you. Of course, when you're Jewish, that's not as simple as it seems. Ever since the 7 October Pogrom, everyone almost immediately forgot that Jews were, in fact, the victims that day, the Hamas terror group having br...
