Israel Shahak (Hebrew: ישראל שחק ) (April 28, 1933 - July 2, 2001) was a Polish Israeli. Born in Warsaw, Poland, he is a Holocaust survivor. He worked as a lecturer in chemistry at the Hebrew University of occupied Jerusalem. He is a former president of an Israeli association concerned with human and civil rights. He was known for his frank criticism of the Israeli government and Israeli society in general. His writings on Judaism raised a lot of controversy, and some described him as anti-Semitic as a result.