It is ludicrous for Jews to celebrate Shakespeare. Shakespeare was not brilliant. He was a vicious Jew hater who plagiarized virtually all his plays. For instance, in "The Merchant of Venice", Shakespeare merely copied an old play (that had nothing to do with Jews) and made the villain a Jew.

Yo , it aint so hard ,to be a Bard , so be on your guard ,things aint so hard as they appear ,especially if yo name is William Shakespeare ,but never fear ,cause he was a poet ,and boy did he know it , don't be shy yo got to show it, don't be a menace ,like da merchant of venice ,and of course my kingdom in exchange for a horse, well he had me sold ,cause we all know that all that glitters aint gold ,or so we are told.

i read just great writers, laurates, best sellers, history, classic literature, religions, sociology, psycholgy, sciences, philosophy, romance, poetry, politics, economy, music, languages, and ynet sometimes...

Not because we want to be there, we Jews are news. Fortunately we Jews come to the top news us a warning to us "know your enemies" ; Especially those who unmask themselves in a similar manner as rasha antisemite imachshimoynik shakspeare (w/o capital S blotted be his name out forever and ever) whom British PM David Cameron paints him glowingly brooming under the rug his hatred against Jews. His garbage similar to "mein kampf" was paraded and is still paraded today. Nothing new under the sun... precursors haters of Jews were pharaohs, nabucadnetzers, romans, catholic inquisition, crusaders, nazis and in the democracies of today complete with Ishmaelim... R'L. My father escaping from the Jassy death train said (he told me later) "if only there were (ABBA) ACHAVA Bein/Bnei Acheinu " antisemitism would have been dead and shakespear's books would have been thrown in garbage from its first printing.

Some achieve greatness ,and some deluded folk mistakenly imagine they are great and become President of The United States.

Old Will was indeed a rabid Anti Semite. Just read the Merchant of Venice...all the trappings of typical Jew Baiting and Jewish Stereotyping are in this "great work". No doubt, the man was talented and gifted...but alas, still a Jew Hater!