Reuven Firestone: Jews and Muslims
🕮 Dr. Reuven Firestone was the opening plenary speaker at the June, 2012 Association of Jewish Libraries conference in Pasadena, CA. He gave a fascinating talk called "Jews in the Koran, Jews on the Koran" to a packed house.
In this brief interview, Dr. Firestone describes the theme of his talk, and also mentions his new book, Holy War in Judaism: The Fall and Rise of a Controversial Idea.
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- Produced by: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel
- Supported in part by: Association of Jewish Libraries
- Theme music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band
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- Photo: Left to right: David Hirsch, Reuven Firestone at 2012 AJL Conference
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Ya'akov Aronson
Rehovot