Baddiel argues that antisemitism is treated differently from other forms of racism, creating double standards and discrimination against Jews.

The book covers a range of topics related to modern antisemitism and Jewish identity, including under-representation in popular media, relationships with Israel and Zionism, and the status of Jews as a minority group.

[3] Before Jews Don't Count, Baddiel had released other material relating to Judaism; his 2010 film The Infidel centres around the theme of Jewish identity.

[P 1] In the opening of the book, Baddiel describes a lack of attention towards antisemitism in literature, the film industry, and politics.

Baddiel writes about the relationship between Jews and white privilege, which he argues has the potential to provide security against appearance-based racism.

The status of Jews as BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic; a form of minority group racial classification in the United Kingdom) is discussed, and Baddiel states that Nigel Lawson was the first BAME Chancellor of the Exchequer, as opposed to Sajid Javid.

'The Jews Don't Count') was released in April 2022 by Vogais, an imprint of Penguin Random House.

It's an argument that would struggle to survive a conversation with more than three people from any other minority... it fails at its central mission and lets the left-wing antisemite off the hook.

Sarah Annes Brown of the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre's Fathom journal described the book as "a powerful and personal contribution to the debates around antisemitism on the left",[13] the Jewish Book Council called it a "mini masterpiece",[14] and The Jerusalem Post wrote that "while witty, it’s serious, with some outrage".

[15] In Jewish Review of Books, Jewish American novelist Dara Horn offered a mixed review, stating that "Many passages in this book feel less like well-argued prose or a well-told story than like a hastily written email, or notes for a stand-up act, or a Twitter thread".

[16] Jeremy Havardi of Jewish News likewise gave a mixed review, writing that the "book is an engaging polemic, providing a witty and intellectually nimble riposte" but stated that Baddiel "ducks the challenge" of fully addressing the Jewish nature of the state of Israel in relation to Zionism.

"[18] On 17 May 2022, Channel 4 announced intentions to create a documentary version of the book entitled David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count.

Rebecca Nicholson, writing in The Guardian, called it "a doc so shocking it sounds like a siren", praising the conversational tone of the documentary.

[26] Rivkah Brown of Novara Media wrote about Baddiel's insensitivity to the difficulties faced by Jews of colour in an "awkward exchange" with his niece, a Black Jew, and stated "[anti-racism]’s the kind of work done in pubs, not from podiums – and it doesn’t make very good TV.

Spitzer also noted the film's lack of representation of Israeli, religiously observant, or Zionist Jews, writing: "He thus deemphasizes or excludes something like 80 percent of the Jewish people from his analysis.

"[28] Anita Singh of The Telegraph gave the documentary three out of five stars, calling it a "slick, well-argued film" but criticising Baddiel's coverage of Lee.