I find it quite upsetting, in a way, that Bernard Levin despises Woody Allen to such an extent he feels obliged to cross the street if he is passing a cinema where one of Allen's movies is playing.  Upsetting, because I admire Levin and adore Allen (not all the movies, granted, but very many).  I also dig, for the record, Groucho Marx, Lenny Bruce, Zero Mostel, Mike Nichols and Elaine May...  the list goes on...
In Venice, I head straight for Gam-Gam, to enjoy kosher cuisine (they make their own iced tea, a drink I first learned to enjoy in Italy) and soak up the atmosphere of the Ghetto (kids playing, craft workshops, kosher food shops...). 
Excellent, isn't it, that Ralph Lauren should have made so much out of traditional WASP attire?  Think about anti-semitism in the US in the same way you think about Billie having to go round to the back door of the resturant to be given so much as a sandwich...
If black is cool, then Jew is very, very hip.  Look at the East End and around parts of north London.  Look at Soho:  Ronnie Scott's.  Think of the young Feld and his mates zipping around on their scooters...  the great Alfie Bass...  all those tailors and cutters whose traditions fed creatively into mod... 

What would the gentile be without Jewish inspiration?