Bernie Farber’s Op-Ed Headline in the Globe and Mail this morning: “From soccer to ballots, Jew-hatred is again Europe’s problem.”

This headline makes me cranky.

If you actually read the essay, then you realize that the headline should  read “… European Jews believe that Jew-hatred is again Europe’s problem”, because the center-piece of the essay is a survey of European Jews.

And if you’re not deluding yourself about the last sixty-odd years of history, then really the headline should read “…European Jews believe that Jew-hatred is still Europe’s problem.”

And if you were to genuinely think about this for a second, you might ask: if Europe is the collective entity engaging in the Jew-hating, then how is it even their problem? It’s their PATHOLOGY, sure. But it’s not THEIR problem.  Like, if some random asshole punches me in the face, that’s not HIS problem.  No obstacle has been raised in HIS assholian life.  It’s MY problem.

So, to sum up:

“From Soccer to Ballots, European Jews believe that Jew-hatred is still a problem”.

Now THAT is, I believe, a very accurate, very informative headline for the actual essay that Bernie Farber has produced.

Not a hope in hell the Globe would ever print that headline, though…