Israel Shahak (April 28, 1933 - July 2, 2001) was a Polish-born Israeli Professor of Chemistry at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, the former president of the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights, and an outspoken critic of the Israeli government and of Israeli society in general. Shahak's writings on Judaism have been the source of considerable controversy Wikipedia
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However, it can be shown that Shahak has played fast and loose with some of the source material he cites, and these sources are both Biblical and rabbinical. andrew.mathis.net/shahak.html
Guardian Friday July 6, 2001 Israel Shahak, who has died aged 68 from complications caused by diabetes, was for 25 years a highly popular professor of organic chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4216853,00.html