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Pete Reads 'Jewish History, Jewish Religion' by Israel Shahak - Complete

The Pete Quiñones Show

Peter R Quiñones

News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Politics

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 395 minutes

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0:00.0

I want to welcome everyone to the fifth book I've chosen to read.

0:05.1

And this one is called Jewish History, Jewish Religion by Israel Shahak.

0:10.9

The Weight of 3,000 Years is the subtitle.

0:15.0

I found out about this book by listening to the American Providence series by Ron Unz.

0:20.8

Israel Shahak is, he was Jewish. He was Jewish. by listening to the American Provda series by Ron Unz.

0:24.2

Israel Shahak is, he was Jewish.

0:29.8

He was hated roundly by Zionists. He was against the way they treated non-Jews.

0:34.5

And he'll get into it in the book.

0:36.9

You'll see the stories he tells. He actually

0:40.3

starts off with one. Just so you know that this isn't some book that's just like some crank

0:46.6

book. Some of the quotes here are from, the first one's from Noam Chomsky. He says,

0:53.1

Shahak is an outstanding scholar with remarkable

0:55.3

insight and depth of knowledge. His work is informed and penetrating a contribution of great value.

1:02.2

Christopher Hitchens had said Shah Hoc subjects a whole history of orthodoxy to a hilarious and

1:07.9

scrupulous critique. The Jerusalem Times said the future of the Palestinian people would have looked much brighter

1:14.2

if there had been more Israelis like Shahak and outstanding personality.

1:19.0

The Catholic New Times said this is a remarkable book.

1:21.9

It deserves a wide readership, not only among Jews, but among Christians who seek a fuller understanding of historical

1:30.9

Judaism and of modern day Israel.

1:34.6

Gorvidal said, Shah Hak is the latest, if not the last of the great prophets.

1:40.8

So, yeah, I have tons of notes on this.

1:45.3

Just, I mean, the amount of information that is in this is pretty remarkable.

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