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Judaism has been intertwined with slavery, both as an ideological and conceptual basis. Slavery was customary in antiquity and during the Middle Ages, and the slave trade was taken for granted by all groups.
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I am a child of a mixed marriage. I was raised in a completely secular environment. My discovery of Judaism has been an ongoing revelation over many decades. I studied for more than 12 years in yeshivot and spent many years studying secular philosophy.
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