Yesterday my daughter turned 15 and, after a long period of “young adult” fiction, finished her first adult novel. Sally Rooney has been clear on what she thinks of Israel. I mentioned none of this, of course. What Jewish father isn’t pleased to see his daughter fond of reading? More to the point, I would not have a problem with her reading antisemitic books, or with enjoying them.Jane Austen and Thomas Hardy seemed not to know Jews existed, which was fine. I could excuse Chaucer and TS Eliot because their difficult language made their malice feel part of a remoter...