It s nonsense of course. I almost collide with a hippie couple who have stopped right in the middle of the pavement to consult a guidebook. They obviously take me for an Englishman. I was born here anyway. Of course not, not any more.
Nobody gives a damn now.
When Trans-Global Publishing offered me the contract, I told them plainly and openly that I am a Jew. That s what I always do when dealing with Arabs. It s a matter of principle. In actual fact I never give it much thought between one Day of Atonement and the next, when I admit to spending part of the day feeling mildly guilty about not fasting. It just doesn t affect me much, one way or another.