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Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years » (Second Edition, New Edition)

Book cover image of Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years by Israel Shahak

Authors: Israel Shahak
ISBN-13: 9780745328416, ISBN-10: 0745328415
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Pluto Press
Date Published: September 2008
Edition: Second Edition, New Edition

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Author Biography: Israel Shahak

Israel Shahak was a resident of the Warsaw Ghetto and a survivor of Bergen-Belsen. He arrived in Palestine in 1945 and lived there until his death in 2001. He was an outspoken critic of the state of Israel and a human rights activist. He was also the author of the highly acclaimed Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel (Pluto Press 1999) and Open Secrets: Israeli Nuclear and Foreign Policies (Pluto Press 1997).

Book Synopsis

A study of Jewish history and religion by retired Israeli professor of organic chemistry. Shahak, a Holocaust survivor who immigrated to Palestine in 1945, contends that the "racism, discrimination, and xenophobia" prevalent among Jews and directed against non-Jews comes from Judaism. He analyzes the Talmud, Jewish history, and Zionism to make his point.

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Subjects the whole history of Orthodoxy ... to a hilarious and scrupulous critique.

Table of Contents

Foreword
1A Closed Utopia?1
2Prejudice and Prevarication14
3Orthodoxy and Interpretation32
4The Weight of History50
5The Laws against Non-Jews75
6Political Consequences99
Notes and References104
Index119

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