Antelman to eliminate the opiate vol1

Most non-Jews, as members of daughter religions of Judaism,
through this book may be able to appreciate how an attack on
Judaism affects their lives.
I have quoted liberally from many authorities such as
Professor Gershom Scholem, Dr. Arthur Hertzberg, Max
Dimont, and others. However, let the reader not think that by
doing so, the author accepts many of those that he has quoted
as authorities in all matters, for Gershom Scholem is an
agnostic; Professor Jacob Katz, who has written Jews in
Freemasonry, subscribes to Biblical criticism; Max Dimont's
writings reveal antagonism towards religious Jews; and Arthur
Hertzberg in his role as president of the American Jewish
Congress, has been involved in an attempt to undermine the
Jewish religious school system in the United States, and has
attacked the Israeli Rabbinate on the issue of Jewish identity.
In selecting the title of this book, Karl Marx's concept that
religion must be eliminated has been incorporated. The full
text of his remarks was written in German and was as follows:
"Religion is the lament of the oppressed, the soul of a world
that has no soul, the hope of a humanity which has lost all
hope; it is the opiate of the people." This has been reduced in
quotations books to "Religion is the opiate of the people."
Some translate "opium" rather than opiate, but this is a poor
translation of the original German.
Rabbi Marvin S. Antelman
24 Nisan 5734; April 16, 1974