INSANITY IS NO EXCUSE (PODCAST)
The alleged vandalist of Nessah Synagogue is being described as “crazy”.
But is insanity a valid plea when it comes to antisemitism?
The debate over whether racism and antisemitism is a mental disorder has been raging since the 1930s. In this podcast, Rabbi Dunner intriguingly ties the entire issue in with the antihero of the Chanukah story, Antiochus IV Epiphanes.
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