To Flee or Not to Flee: Is That the Question?

International Journal of Public Theology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 338-353

  Klug, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charlie Hebdo; exodus; Holocaust; Israel; Paris

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991461488     PISSN: 18725171     EISSN: 15697320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15697320-12341449     Document Type: Article

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2. Angelique Chrisafis, 'Born, raised and radicalised in France', The Guardian, 13 January 2015, 6;
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11. Essentially, the conclusion reached was: No. See Anshel Pfeffer, 'How European Jews are building a future and standing up to anti-Semitism, not running away', Haaretz, 6 April 2015, http://www.haaretz.com/jewish/features/1.644038 [accessed 30 October 2015].
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