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Jew and Gentile: Essays on Jewish Apologetics and Kindred Historical Subjects is unavailable, but you can change that!

First published in a time of tremendous political upheaval for the Jewish people, this book collects essays on the relationship of the Jewish people to the state, society, and people of other religions. Deutsch addresses a wide array of issues pertinent to his time, including the need for a robust Jewish journalism and the lack of Jewish biographies. At many points, Deutsch’s words are a direct...

public in the form in which it originally was delivered without any except slight, verbal changes. “And be indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.” The Talmud, (Abodah zarah, 55, a) gives a dialogue between Zeno the founder of the Stoic school and R. Akiba, in which the philosopher is reported to say: Although both of us know that there is nothing essential in Christianity, how is it that so many sick are healed in the Christian churches? Between Zeno and R. Akiba there is an
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