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Source: BBC Radio 4 "Start the Week"

Roundup

4-3-06

Anti-Semitism [1st 13min]

Dan Cohn-Sherbok is a leading authority on Judaism and a Rabbi, but he admits that his new book, The Paradox of Anti-Semitism (Continuum Books), will cause outrage in the Jewish community. This is because he is arguing that anti-Semitism has helped Jewish culture survive and without it, the ancient traditions are doomed to extinction.

Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Start the Week"