David Beckham - Surprise! He says he's a jew.

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Aging David Beckham Discovers How Identifying As Jewish Can Open Doors And Kickstart His Fading Career
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Now that his soccer playing days are behind him, David Beckham is looking for something to do with the next 40 years of his life — and it appears that he's discovered that when it comes to the success of any future endeavors, saying "I'm Jewish" will open a lot more doors than "I used to play soccer":

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/beckham-shows-united-front-as-he-reveals-i-do-see-myself-as-jewish-1.58847

He is one of the most famous men on the planet, instantly recognisable almost everywhere. Now some might say that David Beckham has broadened his appeal even further: he told a rapt audience at London's JW3 that he sees himself as Jewish.

Mr Beckham, 41, made it clear that Judaism had been a part of his life, and paid tribute to his beloved Jewish grandfather, Joseph West. Asked "do you see yourself as Jewish in any way?" he replied: "My grandfather was Jewish, that was on my mother's side, so yes, I do see myself..." The comment was interrupted by appreciative laughter but the former England captain continued: "I was never brought up Jewish, but like I said, my grandfather was, and every time we went to synagogue I was part of that."

Mr Beckham was known to be close to his grandfather, who died in 2009, aged 83. Mr West was the father of Mr Beckham's mother, Sandra, and was once described by the former Manchester United and Real Madred player as his "footballing inspiration". He accompanied his grandson when he received his OBE in 2003. Mr Beckham mentioned his family regularly during the hour-long talk, hosted by broadcaster Kirsty Young, saying that he was "lucky" to have benefited from their support over his career.

Surprisingly Ms Young did not ask Beckham any questions with a Jewish theme, despite the fact that the audience was mainly Jewish and the event hosted at a Jewish community centre, as part of the The Alan Howard Foundation/JW3 Speaker Series. During the Q&A – which was attended by 270 guests who won tickets in a ballot – the former midfielder made it clear that he was saddened by the fact that only his eldest son, Brooklyn, had strong memories of Mr West...

The former footballer, who also played for LA Galaxy and Paris Saint-Germain, was appearing at JW3 in his capacity as a Unicef ambassador, and made it clear that his involvement with the charity – which now includes his own "Seven Fund" – is his main focus or "passion". He returned from a trip to Swaziland only last week.

He said: "My first involvement with Unicef was with Manchester United 15 years ago. I knew that was what I wanted to do when I finished playing, to be involved with a charity that did so much for children around the world. "Even before I had children, I always really cared about children and children's future. "When Kofi Annan contacted me and asked me to become an ambassador, it was amazing and very emotional for me because it was a charity that I really wanted to be involved in."

He spoke in detail about his work with Unicef but was also happy to talk about football in general, his excitement about Manchester United's new manager Jose Mourinho ("I've always loved him as a manager. I love his character. I think he's great for the Premiership") and how becoming England captain was the highlight of his career.

He also revealed that being sent off in the 1998 World Cup against Argentina had made him "stronger... I didn't realise it at the time and I probably didn't realise it for a number of years but it kind of changed me as a player, it changed me as a person. It made me grow up," he said, adding: "Maybe I wouldn't have had the career I've had and the life I've had if it hadn't have happened, so I try and put as positive a spin on it as possible."

And Mr Beckham also said that his relationship with wife, Victoria, was aided by Jewish businessman Michael Edelson, a non-executive director of Manchester United.

He recalled how he had met Victoria, then a member of the Spice Girls, at the players' lounge following a match against Chelsea. "A week later she turned up at Old Trafford," he added, saying that was when he "got her number". Victoria was accompanied by Mr Edelson – who seems to have become something of a Jewish matchmaker. Asked by a member of the audience if Mr Edelson was telling the truth when he says he introduced the couple, Mr Beckham replied, to gales of laughter: "He actually did." The perfect shidduch...

What kind of man sincerely dreams of caring about children and their "future" — especially while he's the most famous soccer player in the world?

No one, not even David Beckham — and he certainly doesn't want to spend the rest of his life in Africa doing photo ops with bloated-bellied Black babies in fly-infested remote villages with no running water.

But Jews get giddy when rich and famous co-ethnics like Beckham deign to get involved in "philanthropy" — tikkun olam — uplifting the "schvartzes" — and even adopting a few if it won't interfere with his wife's hobby of collecting million dollar handbags.

No doubt we can expect the newly circumcized Beckham to regularly speak out against "antisemitism" — which is apparently a serious problem among soccer fans — and even some of the players.

In fact, it shouldn't surprise us if he's appointed to some sort of official-sounding position like "Antisemitism Czar" for FIFA — where yarmulked Beckham will escort recalcitrant "antisemitic" players and fans on personally guided tours of reconstructed "gas chambers" at Auschwitz to hopefully rehabilitate them as "shabbos goyim."

His eldest son — who is named after Brooklyn, the most Jewish of all the New York City boroughs — recently married the daughter of Nelson Peltz — a New York Jewish billionaire and corporate raider — whose "humble" roots are in the Cypress Hill section of Brooklyn — a formerly Jewish neighborhood that is now Black and "coincidentally" crime-ridden.

So even if David Beckham isn't exactly "hallachically" Jewish himself, his grandchildren will be — "Hashem" permitting — and they will most assuredly will grow up to know what it feels like to be an "oppressed minority."

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David Beckham danced the Hora at Brooklyn's wedding to Jewish heiress
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It was billed as the biggest celebrity wedding of 2022 and the nuptials between Brooklyn Beckham and Nicol Peltz were certainly the most high profile Jewish occasion, despite neither the bride nor the groom being halachically Jewish.

Nicola, who grew up in a Jewish home, is the daughter of Billionaire businessman Nelson Peltz, who is rumoured to have spent as much as $2m on the bar mitzvahs of his twin sons in 2016. Brooklyn doesn't come from a Jewish background, but his dad David has spoken proudly of his Jewish grandfather and reportedly grew up eating Matzo ball soup.

In his autobiography, he wrote: "Every Saturday, when we'd turn up, my gran would have this most amazing chicken noodle soup with the matzah meal dumplings. That's what I was brought up on."

He was a patron of Delisserie, a now closed New York-style deli in Temple Fortune, whose matzah ball soup, he said, was second only to his grandmother's.

The pair were wed in a glitzy three-day ceremony in Peltz's family estate in Palm Beach, Florida with over 500 guests including two Spice Girls, Mel B and Mel C.

According to British Vogue, which is featuring the couple on the cover of the June 2022 issue, the wedding was inspired by David Bowie's 1999 wedding to Somali supermodel Iman.

When asked what the highlight of the whole affair was, Brooklyn told Vogue it was"seeing her for the first time in that dress...It was the first time ever in my life when I felt like I couldn't catch my breath."

But just how Jewish was the glitzy ceremony? Pictures taken by Vogue show proud father David being raised on a chair in the traditional Jewish Hora dance, Brooklyn wearing a monogrammed kippah and the couple are said to have been wed underneath a chuppah.

British Vogue also detailed how one Jewish part of the ceremony didn't go quite to plan with the rabbi performing the ceremony repeatedly referring to Brooklyn as "David."

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David Beckham: I consider myself part of the British Jewish community
The footballing superstar told a packed crowd at St Johns Wood synagogue that he regrets 1998 sending-off 'every week'
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David Beckham has spoken fondly of his Jewish heritage, saying that he feels "part of the community."

In a public conversation with producer Ben Winston, the ex-Manchester United footballer said: "I am part of the Jewish community and I am proud to say it."

In a wide-ranging discussion about his life and career at the launch of the Lira Winston Fellowship, he was tested on his claims to Jewish identity with Winston starting off the prayer for bread and Beckham finishing it in Hebrew.

Speaking about how his mother's father Joseph was Jewish, he said: 'My grandfather always made sure we would keep up with certain traditions. We went to bar mitzvahs and weddings and I would wear a kippah. Every Saturday morning, I used to go to see my grandfather – you'd walk in the house to my grandmother preparing chicken soup and matza balls and latkes. We always kept to those traditions; it was always about the family coming together and spending time together."

Outside of his Jewish connections, Beckham confirmed and spoke for the first time about Lionel Messi joining his Inter Miami side.

The former England star revealed what it was like to hear one of the best footballers in history was joining his team and also revealed how still thinks about one of the most infamous episodes of his career – when he was sent off in a World Cup match against Argentina in 1998 – "all the time, every week."

Rumours about Messi joining his side Inter Miami have been circulating for a few weeks but speaking about it for the first time, Beckham said: "The team is one of the things I am most proud of and one of the toughest things I've done in my career but also one of the most rewarding.

"A couple of weeks ago I woke up to thousands of messages on my phone – I was in Japan at that point – the news had come out that Lionel was coming to Miami.

"My dream from the word go was to bring the best players in the game to Miami wherever they were in their career – I made that commitment to our fans. So when you hear that one of the best players, if not the best player, who has won everything in the game, and who is still a great player and still young and doing what he is doing, wants to come play for my team, it was a massive moment. So it's an exciting time – although it has not been officially announced yet."

Later on, during a candid and often emotional 80 minutes of questioning he was asked by host Ben Winston about the impact of his notorious sending-off in the 1998 World Cup saying it was something which "still affects me" and changed him as a person.

He added: "I think about it a lot, most weeks. When I look back at it now that I am 48 and a bit more experienced, with more of an understanding, I think it happened for a reason. There is nothing I regret in my career but I do wish that it hadn't happened. I do wish that I didn't think about it every week.

"It was a very tough moment and the hardest thing was the impact on my family more than me. I am going to try to not get emotional but they were what I was worried about more than anything else. I will never forget when my grandad called me and said he had people knocking on his door saying that I'd let the whole country down and my family down, and he wanted to know what he should do.

"I feel sad that it turned me into a little bit of a cold person in certain situations. I couldn't drive in London; I couldn't go for a walk. I couldn't go to restaurants or to bars. Friends didn't want to walk with me because they knew we would be abused. If I stopped at traffic lights people would bang on the window or spit. But when I look back at it, I am not sure I would have had the career I had, or been able to go through some of the other tough moments if I hadn't been through that."

Beckham was being interviewed about qualities of leadership for the launch of a fellowship for Jewish educators in the name of Lira Winston – mother of Ben and wife of acclaimed fertility pioneer Lord Robert Winston – who died suddenly in December 2021 aged 72 after a heart attack.

The £75-a-head talk was meant to be held at JW3 but when the tickets sold out in 55 minutes a bigger venue – St John's Wood Synagogue – was chosen to accommodate nearly 600 people. Queuing for the best spots started two hours before the event.

He has been friends with Ben, who is best known for producing James Corden's shows since he did a Comic Relief sketch with Corden in 2009.