From Berlin, Talmudist and philosopher Oded Schechter gives The Bupkes a rare interview about how the nation-state of Israel, as an expression of Jewish nationalism, does not liberate the Jew but, to the contrary, subjugates him.
NB: Transcript is auto-generated, so errors — spelling and otherwise — are to be expected. This interview has been edited for clarity.
Further reading:
Christian Zionism
George Eliot, author
Daniel Deronda, novel
The Worms Mahzor
Israel’s National Library and ownership of Palestinian cultural property
The 1956 Suez war
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