Israel Shahak

Jewish History, Jewish Religion

The Weight Of Three Thousand Years

Buch

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 and rabbinical laws, Shahak argues that the roots of Jewish chauvinism and religious fanaticism must be understood before it is too late. Written from a… Mehr

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ISBN: 978-0-7453-2840-9
EAN: 9780745328409
Produktnummer: 3840178
Verlag: Pluto Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 184 S.
Masse: H21.7 cm x B13.4 cm x D1.7 cm 230 g
Auflage: 2. Auflage
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 230

Über den Autor

Israel Shahak (1933-2001) was a resident of the Warsaw Ghetto and a survivor of Bergen-Belsen. He arrived in Palestine in 1945 and lived there for the rest of his life. 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, 2004) and Jewish History, Jewish Religion (Pluto, 2008).