In last issue of Forward, Joel Schalit‘s review entitled “We Are All Simon Schama: The Threat of an Undefined Jew” praises The Invention of the Jewish People, and reflects on the furore around the reception of the book:
It was the year’s biggest helping of humble pie. Less than a month after a heated takedown of Shlomo Sand’s “The Invention of the Jewish People” in the Financial Times, the very same reviewer, writing in Italy’s respected business daily Il Sole 24 Ore, offered the book qualified praise, calling it his book of the year. So distinct was this follow-up appraisal, it could have been written by a different person.
Read the full article here.
Read Shlomo Sand’s response to Simon Schama’s review here.
