>Is there a reason that this message is in a forum devoted to
>mathematics?

This forum has been recently noticed by spam masters. Starting last week I began receiving about twenty submissions a day from porno, meds and other irrelevant and frivolous sites. Luckily the forum is moderated.

I do not know whether this message was spammed or was simply posted by an eager supporter of the book's author. There were just two identical posts.

The reason I have let this one through is that I feel strongly for Israel. I am in fact Israeli. The Jerusalem of Gold song has been played from http://www.cut-the-knot.org/sites.shtml from the very beginning. However I always kept politics out of the site.

Lats month I heard of the UK academic boycott of Israeli institutions which I found despicable. So I decided to make an exception to the rule and allow a small counterbalance as my contribution to the fray.

I have downloaded and looked into the book. There is much logic in the author's opinion. There is no virulence, although many would call the viewpoints extreme.

Alexander Bogomolny