The Jewish Singularity

Each nation is unique in its own way. What is it that makes Jewish
people unique? The Jews: are They Human?; this was the title of
the book by a British-Canadian author and painter, Wyndham
Lewis, published in the thirties. Winston Churchill wrote that "they
are beyond all questions the most formidable and the most
remarkable race which has ever appeared in the world". Vladimir
Solovyev, a Russian religious philosopher, was convinced that the
world rotated around the Jewish axis. On the other hand, Nancy
Yos, a convert, recently wrote about Jews: "I have found after all
the books, cogitation, and self-absorption, a people without whom
life would be intolerable".

Virtually everything concerning the Jews is complicated and
disputable. That is why considerations of the Jewish phenomenon
should be multifaceted. After the journey across its genetic,
spiritual, historic and cultural aspects, Barr discovers a magic loop
which underlies Jewish endurance and vitality.

Popular science at its best, The Jewish Singularity covers the
diversified but interwoven subjects of faith, history, and genetics in
a fascinating and fully accessible way.