Editing Israel Shahak (section)

===The history book===
Despite the controversy, Shahak published his account of the telephone in the first chapter of ''Jewish History, Jewish Religion'' (1994), and said that "neither the Israeli, nor the [[diaspora]] rabbinical authorities ever reversed their ruling that a Jew should not violate the Sabbath in order to save the life of a Gentile. They added much sanctimonious twaddle to the effect that, if the consequence of such an act puts Jews in danger, the violation of the Sabbath is permitted, for their sake."{{sfn|Shahak|2002|pp=4–5}}

In 2008, seven years after Shahak's death, the controversy of religious interpretation continued when Rabbi [[Shmuley Boteach]] doubted the veracity of Shahak's report of Jewish injustice against a non-Jew: "From the beginning, the story was curious. What prohibition could there possibly be, in allowing someone else to use one's phone on the Sabbath?" In support, he cited Eli Beer, the chief coordinator of Israel's volunteer ambulance service (1,100 medical personnel, 60 per cent Orthodox), who said, "If someone would say we won't save a non-Jewish life on the Sabbath, he is a liar. If he is Jewish, Christian, or Muslim we save everyone's life on any day of the year, including the Sabbath and Yom Kippur, and I have done so myself. Indeed, as an Orthodox Jew it is my greatest honor to save the life of a non-Jew, and I would violate any of the Jewish holy days to do so."{{sfn|Boteach|2008}}