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Raphael Cohen-Almagor

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Born

in Petach Tiqva, Israel

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http://almagor.blogspot.co.uk/

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Humor and Comedy, Thriller, Romance

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Raphael Cohen-Almagor is Professor and Chair in Politics at the University of Hull, UK. He is a man of arts and sports. Between the ages 3 and 8 he painted most of the time and people envisaged him becoming a new Picasso. Alas, the toll of homework led to an early retirement. Later he wanted to play the drums but his parents bought him a recorder. He coached young children basketball and football, embarked on basketball career, played with Israeli national team professionals, but shortage of some 30 centimeters, bad back and a Jewish mother who demanded him to “do something serious in life” forced another early retirement. He was invited to swim professionally but declined upon hearing that training started at 4 a.m., as he felt people shou ...more

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	Confronting the Internet's Dark Side: Moral and Social Responsibility on the Free Highway really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2015 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speech, Media and Ethics: The Limits of Free Expression: Critical Studies on Freedom of Expression, Freedom of the Press and the Public's Right to Know 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boundaries of Liberty and Tolerance: The Struggle against Kahanism in Israel 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scope of Tolerance: Studies on the Costs of Free Expression and Freedom of the Press 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Israeli Democracy at the Crossroads 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Right to Die with Dignity: An Argument in Ethics, Medicine, and Law really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Challenges to Democracy: Essays in Honour and Memory of Isaiah Berlin really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Israeli Institutions at the Crossroads really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2005 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Liberal Democracy and the Limits of Tolerance: Essays in Honor and Memory of Yitzhak Rabin 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speech, Media and Ethics: The Limits of Free Expression 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Raphael Cohen-Almagor rated a book really liked it Hedy's War: FREE SAMPLE - Based on an extraordinary true story by Jenny Lecoat	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Raphael Cohen-Almagor is now following Jenny Lecoat Author of The Girl from the Channel Islands
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Raphael Cohen-Almagor rated a book really liked it The Girl from the Channel Islands by Jenny Lecoat	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
It is hard to stay human when wolves rule your world. It is harder still to hold on to your values when those very values might cost you your life. Most people, when faced with terror and deprivation, bend to the wind of fear. Compassion becomes a lu ...more
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Raphael Cohen-Almagor rated a book really liked it Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the Service of Jihad by Matthew Levitt	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Raphael Cohen-Almagor rated a book really liked it The Stalin Affair: The Impossible Alliance That Won the War by Giles Milton	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
This is a gripping narrative of the uneasy partnership between Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin during World War II. Drawing on unpublished diaries, letters, and secret reports, Milton reveals how a diverse cast of diplomats and political figures—incl ...more
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Raphael Cohen-Almagor rated a book really liked it Stoner by John Williams	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Interesting portrayal of a life of an academic.
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Raphael Cohen-Almagor rated a book liked it Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Not one of Archer's best. Too simplistic, with almost no twists and turns. One surprise close to the end, and that's it. The characters are not well-developed, and the plot is not Archeri. A book for a flight. No more. ...more
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Raphael Cohen-Almagor rated a book really liked it Se questo è un uomo - La tregua by Primo Levi	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
One of the many questions I asked about the Holocaust is: how a normative person could survive in Auschwitz? Levi provides some ideas. Levi survived because of a few reasons. Unlike many people who gave up, he wanted to survive. He learned the keys t ...more
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Raphael Cohen-Almagor rated a book it was amazing The Scope of Tolerance: Studies on the Costs of Free Expression and Freedom of the Press (Routledge Studies in Extremism and Democracy) by Raphael Cohen-Almagor (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Happy person is one who knows how to bridge the gap between dreams and reality.”
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