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Historian Simon Schama speaking to the JC Editor

Historian Simon Schama speaking to the JC Editor

December 19, 2013 17:05

By Rosa Doherty

1 min read

Speaking at a JC Editor’s Choice event at the JW3 centre in north-west London on Tuesday,historian Simon Schama restated his Zionist beliefs, and called for a shift in the public view of Jews as “either victims or bullies”.

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