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A: Yes. I have a very religious
cousin who lives in Bnai
Brak, in Israel. When I was
little and wanted a pet, he
said, "Get a cat." Because
from a talmudic point of
view, you have a lot to learn
from a cat, while you have
nothing to learn from a dog.
He'll just make you look
Polish.
Q: I was under the impres-
sion that religious people
weren't big fans of domestic
animals in general.
A: I'm not so sure. I knew an
Algerian rabbi whose parrot
repeated every word he said.
And there are many symbolic
stories about animals in the
Talmud.
Q: What were your sources
for the philosophical discus-
sions between rabbi and cat?
A: There's a lot of stuff in
there that I vaguely remem-
ber from Hebrew school—
things people told me that at
the time I thought were stu-
pid, but then they came
back. A lot of childhood
memories.
Joann Sfar: "I think you can have as many lands
as you wish; the Jewish 'strangeness' will not disap-
pear"
Q: Did the tense situation of the
Jewish community in France today
shape your thinking about the book?
A: Most certainly. I discovered that
most French people had a Jewish guy
in the classroom, but they never went
to his home for Shabbat. So I wanted
-to invite my readers into a Jewish
home, to sit at a Jewish table with a
Jewish family. There are many fantasies
about Jewish people in circulation. I
wanted to normalize that vision.
That said, I think the idea of seeing
France as an anti-Semitic country is
just a mistake. There are in fact two
problems.
The first has to do with French guilt
over World War II and the Algerian
war. So whenever the subject of Jews
or Arabs is on the table, people can't
think freely and in a simple way.
The other problem is that the young
Muslim guys living in France today
aren't taught about the dangers of
racism. I do my best to work on this.
Because I go into many classrooms in
difficult suburbs of French towns, and
I'm often the first Jew these kids have
ever met. When they think about
Judaism, all they know is Ariel Sharon.
At the beginning of the lesson, it's
sometimes a bit tough. And at the
end, they're interested.
Q: 'Why?
A: Because they realize that there used
to be a lot of Jewish people in North
Africa. Then they realize that they
don't come from Palestine, and neither
did my ancestors — most of us came
from North Africa.
You know, young French Arab guys
think they're Palestinians. And young
French Jewish guys think they are
Israelis. It's very sad. They talk about
this subject as if they were discussing a
soccer match.
I don't want to suggest that Jews and
Arabs behave the same way. The Arab
guys are very violent, whereas Jews are
not. But from a moral point of view, I
think there are problems in both corn-
munities.
For instance, I was raised in a family
where my father and other people made
me feel guilty about not living in Israel.
I have a lot of tenderness for Israel, but
I'm much more attracted to a vision of
Jews in the Diaspora. I am a Zionist. I
want Israel to exist. But I don't like the
idea of solving the Jewish problem by
giving the Jews a land. I think you can
have as many lands as you wish; the
Jewish "strangeness" will not disappear.