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In the twelfth century Maimonides, the greatest of all rabbinic scholars, explained that animal sacrifices had been instituted in ancient Judaism as a concession to the prevalent ancient practice of making such offerings to the pagan gods.

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Judaism as a religion offers the option of eating animal flesh, and most Jews do, but in our own country there has been a movement towards vegetarianism among very pious Jews.

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Arthur Hertzberg

Arthur Hertzberg

Born: June 9, 1921
Died: April 17, 2006 (aged 84)
Bio: Arthur Hertzberg was a Conservative rabbi and prominent Jewish-American scholar and activist.
Known for:
  1. The French Enlightenment and the Jews (1968)
  2. The Jews in America (1989)
  3. A Jew In America (2002)
  4. Jews: The Essence and Character of a People (1998)
  5. Jewish polemics (1992)

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