# Israel Shahak

> Dr. Israel Shahak was a Polish-born Israeli professor of organic chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Holocaust survivor, an intellectual of liberal political bent, and a civil-rights advocate and activist on behalf of both Jews and Gentiles (non-Jews). For twenty years, he headed the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights (1970-1990) and was a public critic of the policies of the governments of Israel. As a public intellectual, Shahak's works about Judaism proved controversial, especially the book Jewish History, Jewish Religion: The Weight of Three Thousand Years (1994).

*Israeli chemist and activist for the human rights (1933-2001)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Israel
- **Born:** 1933-04-28
- **Died:** 2001-07-02
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 49.5

## Sources
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- [Israël Shahak](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isra%C3%ABl_Shahak)
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