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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.

Arthur Hertzberg

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.

Arthur Hertzberg

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:

The French Enlightenment and the Jews (1968)
The Jews in America (1989)
A Jew In America (2002)
Jews: The Essence and Character of a People (1998)
Jewish polemics (1992)

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