Jewish History, Jewish Religion the Weight of Three Thousand Years (New Edition)
Israel Shahak was a remarkable man. Born in the Warsaw ghetto and a survivor of Belsen, Shahak arrived in Israel in 1945. Brought up under Jewish Orthodoxy and Hebrew culture, he consistently opposed the expansion of the borders of Israel from 1967. In this extraordinary and highly acclaimed book, Shahak embarks on a provocative study of the extent to which the secular state of Israel has been shaped by religious orthodoxies of an invidious and potentially lethal nature. Drawing on the Talmud...
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New edition of Shahak's controversial critique of Israel.
Foreword to the first edition by Gore VidalForeword to the 1997 edition by Edward SaidForeword to the 2002 edition by Norton MezvinskyForeword to the new edition by Ilan Pappe1. The Consequences of Ethnic Cleansing2. The Jewish Religion and its attitude to non-Jews, part 13. The Jewish Religion and its attitude to non-Jews, part 24. ConclusionsNotesIndex
\ From the Publisher'Shahak subjects the whole history of Orthodoxy ... to a hilarious and scrupulous critique.' —Christopher Hitchens, The Nation 'The voice of reason is alive and well, and in Israel, of all places. Shahak is the latest - if not the last - of the great prophets.’ —Gore Vidal 'The future of the Palestinian people would have looked much brighter if there had been more Israelis like Shahak ... An outstanding personality.' —The Jerusalem Times\ \
