Israel Shahak

Professor, Deceased Person

1933 – 2001

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Who was Israel Shahak?

Israel Shahak was a Polish-born Holocaust survivor and Israeli professor of chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, known especially as a liberal secular political thinker, author, and civil rights activist. Between 1970–1990, he was president of the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights and was an outspoken critic of the Israeli government. Shahak's writings on Judaism have been a source of widespread controversy.

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Born
Apr 28, 1933
Warsaw
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • Israel
Profession
Education
  • Stanford University
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Died
Jul 2, 2001
Israel

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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