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Monday, February 11, 2013 by Jeffrey Saks | Jewish Ideas Daily » Daily Features

A scientist, a philosopher, and a sharp-tongued public intellectual, Yeshayahu Leibowitz was an oracle for some, a crank to others.  Two decades since his death, his ideas remain influential on Israeli society.
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The Woman Who Slept on a Shelf Shoshana Kordova, Haaretz. No one would dispute Nehama Leibowitz’s brilliance as a teacher and Bible scholar.  But in her own words, "Do you think I'd be writing these gilyonot if I had children?!"