By Israel Shahak ∙ August 29, 1994
Israel Shahak (born April 29, 1933, Warsaw, Poland; died July 2, 2001) was a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII, later an Israeli professor of organic chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a civil-rights advocate for Palestinians, and a harsh critic of the Jewish religion.
Bibliographic information about this document: Israel Shahak, Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years, first published 1994 by Pluto Press, 345 Archway Road, London
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