Can Jews be allowed to become boring?

With Israel and antisemitism constantly in the news, it seems as though the Jewish people - a fraction of a percentage of the world's population - have become synonymous with controversy, drama and anxiety. But what if there was another side to this persistently interesting people; one that non-Jews often don't know about and Jews rarely talk about? This is the stuff of 'everyday' Jewishness; the capacity to be ordinary, mundane and sometimes just plain dull.

Keith Kahn-Harris lifts the lid on this surprising world in a book for Jews and non-Jews alike. Arguing that his people's extraordinary public visibility today is harming their ability to live everyday Jewish lives, he celebrates the mundanity and mediocrity of a people before it vanishes completely.

"With the Middle East in flames, with Israel belligerent, divisive and divided, it's a great relief to find a book in search of the very normality of Jews and Judaism. Infusing the seriousness of the subject with a welcome wit, Keith Kahn-Harris provides a welcome rejoinder to past and present stereotypes." - John Kampfner, author of Why the Germans Do It Better