The Non-Jewish Jew
Isaac Deutscher
About this book
A collection of essays by Isaac Deutscher, the Polish-born British historian and biographer of Trotsky and Stalin, examining Jewish identity outside orthodox religion and nationality. Deutscher argues that history's greatest Jewish thinkers — Spinoza, Heine, Marx, Rosa Luxemburg, Trotsky — transcended the boundaries of Jewish parochialism.
Why it was banned
Reported by B'Tselem as a book prohibited by the IDF in the West Bank.
Censorship history
Reported by B'Tselem as prohibited by the IDF in the West Bank. Deutscher's Marxist critique of Zionism and Jewish nationalism made this collection politically sensitive; its prohibition reflects the IDF's suppression of material critical of Israeli state ideology in the occupied territories.
Bans
| Country | Year | Reasons | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | —lifted | Political | ||
| Reported by B'Tselem as prohibited by the IDF in the West Bank | ||||