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Hitchens Studies The Mishnah
Posted on May 12, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under Christopher Hitchens, Israel, Judaism, religion | Leave a Comment
Christopher Hitchens’ take on Israel’s 60th anniversary was almost invariably going to be something I found disagreeable, so I didn’t really plan on spending any time discussing it in a blog post. However, I can’t possibly ignore his introductory paragraph:
It’s somehow absurd and trivial to use the word Israel and the expression 60th birthday in [...]