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Mark Raphael Baker

Mark Raphael Baker lectures in Modern Jewish History at the University of Melbourne. He has a doctorate from Oxford University and is the Editor of Generation: A Journal of Australian Jewish Life and Thought. Born in 1959‚ Mark lives in Victoria with his wife and three children.


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The Fiftieth Gate The Fiftieth Gate
′This gate here‚ I recognise it. Behind it is a steep...

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In Jewish mysticism‚ it is believed that there are forty−nine gates that separate good from evil. They are gates in our hearts. Beyond them‚ lies a fiftieth gate‚ the point at which we stop moving but become aware of who we are. It is the gate we pass through when we say ′I am′. − The Fiftieth Gate

What prompted you to write a book about your parents?

Well‚ it′s not really about my parents‚ it′s about me growing up with my parents′ memories. I teach a...

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