Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand YearsDrawing on the Talmud and rabbinical laws,Israel 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. |
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