Points of Jew

New Jewish character on Eastenders

It seems like years since the BBC's Eastenders has featured a Jewish character. Well, the reason for that is because, it is at least six years since Felix The Barber left. You could of course include Dr Legg returning for a couple of episodes about three years ago, but he wasn't back as a regular.

Anyway... Eastenders had a new Jewish character on Tuesday night, albeit a very supporting role.

While Billy Mitchell was having a bit of a fracas on a tube train, one of the passengers happened to be sporting a yarmulke. No name was given for this person, nor did he have any speaking part.

He just played a backing image role. And what a wonderful protrayal this actor played of a Jew on a tube. Probably the best I have ever seen.

Well done BBC for realising Jews use the tube.

Heil Honey, I'm Home - it really is...

Way back in the early 1990s, a satellite TV channel in the UK decided it would make great telly to make a series called Heil Honey, I'm Home.

The concept was that it was set in Berlin in 1938 and featured Adolf Hitler and his better half Eva living next door to a Jewish couple and the comedy that errupts between them.

Well, after one episode, it was canned and for over 15 years, it has never been seen in full, until now...

The good folks at YouTube have the episode in question. Part one is here, and part two is here.

Make up your own mind about it.