The beauty of that now vanished era was that so many of our greatest artists could universalise their experiences without fearing it would be bad for the Jews – a subtle loss which will be felt more and more, says Ben Judah F uture historians will certainly look back at Jewish life in the late 20th century in English-speaking countries as a golden age of the diaspora — even surpassing the brilliance of medieval Spain or Enlightenment Germany. Fading into twilight since the millennium, that sun