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Jonathan Sacks

Since Hiroshima and the Holocaust, science no longer holds its pristine place as the highest moral authority. Instead, that role is taken by human rights. It follows that any assault on Jewish life - on Jews or Judaism or the Jewish state - must be cast i

Jonathan Sacks

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Jonathan Sacks argues that after the tragedies of Hiroshima and the Holocaust, people stopped trusting science as the ultimate guide for morality and instead placed human rights in that position. Therefore, attacks against Jewish people, their religion, or their nation must be understood as serious violations of these fundamental human rights.

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