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February 21, 2017

Bernard-Henri Lévy’s Assault on the Idea of Chosenness

Judaism doesn’t need this “genius.”

In The Genius of Judaism, the acclaimed French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy praises the Jewish tradition and inveighs against anti-Semitism. But, writes Meir Y. Soloveichik in his review, the book’s “overly dramatic tone” masks both an ignorance of Judaism and contempt for one of its defining principles—which Lévy blames for provoking Gentiles’ hostility:

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February 21, 2017

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