Productions
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14 April 2012
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Bromet en Dochters / Joodse Omroep
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Why Ajax fans identify themselves with jews |
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Since the seventies of the last century the fans of the Amsterdam football club Ajax identify themselves with the Jews. Although Ajax is not an official Jewish club, many of the supporters sing and yell 'Jews, Jews, Jews' during every match. A Dutch foundation against anti-Semitism wants the supporters to stop using the term Jew as a nickname, even though discrimination has nothing to do with it. The problem is that the tradition evokes anti-Semitic utterances from the supporters of opponents. Most of the Ajax supporters are proud of their "Jewish identity", and do not want to stop using it. But there are also older Jewish supporters Ajax fans that are hurt by the chanting. In the meantime Ajax, the Amsterdam mayor, the supporters association and a few rabbi’s try to find a solution. The documentary researches the remarkable nickname tradition, the link between Ajax and the Jews and what the Jewish identity actually means in practice. The Dutch Jewish broadcaster De Joodse Omroep will broadcast the 60 minutes documentary about Ajax and the identification with the Jewish culture in autumn 2013 .
Activities: research, gather and meet main protagonists for the documentary, make a basic scenario/plan.