The New York Times review of Shlomo Sand’s The Invention of the Jewish People

January 19, 2010

Shlomo Sand’s The Invention of the Jewish People was reviewed by Patricia Cohen for the New York Times. Cohen notes the controversy the book has caused and offers her own mixed opinions:
Despite the fragmented and incomplete historical record, experts pretty much agree that some popular beliefs about Jewish history simply don’t hold up: there was no [...]

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Shlomo Sand meets Rafael Behr to discuss ‘The Invention of the Jewish People’ for the Observer books interview

January 19, 2010

Rafael Behr meets Shlomo Sand, author of The Invention of the Jewish People, for the Observer books interview:

Sand is a professor at Tel Aviv university and author of The Invention of the Jewish People. His quiet earthquake of a book is shaking historical faith in the link between Judaism and Israel.
Sand’s hands are depicting how most Jews are descended from [...]

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Sand speaks at the Les Ernest lectures

January 3, 2010

Shlomo Sand discusses his new book, The Invention of the Jewish People at a lecture at the École Normale Supérieure. [In French]

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George Galloway interviews Shlomo Sand

January 2, 2010

Former MP and peace activist George Galloway interviews Shlomo Sand for The Real Deal:

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Tony Greenstein of the ‘Weekly Worker’ reviews ‘The Invention of the Jewish People.’

December 18, 2009

Tony Greenstein of the Weekly Worker has reviewed Shlomo Sand’s The Invention of the Jewish People – describing it as “an important book” that hammers another nail into the Zionist coffin.
Sand’s assault on the biblical foundations of Zionism comes as a far greater shock to the Zionist psyche than the impact of Israel’s new historians [...]

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Simon Schama chooses Invention of the Jewish People as his book of the year

December 11, 2009

Simon Schama, despite his critical review in the Financial Times, has chosen Shlomo Sand’s Invention of the Jewish People as his book of the year in Italy’s leading business daily Sole 24 Ore.

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Tony Judt on Shlomo Sand’s Invention of the Jewish People in the Financial Times

December 8, 2009

The historian Tony Judt, in an article on Israel’s ethnic myth in today’s Financial Times, discusses Shlomo Sand’s The Invention of the Jewish People. Referring to the story of exile and return, he says:
It is this narrative that the historian Shlomo Sand seeks to deconstruct in his controversial book The Invention of the Jewish People. [...]

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CNN: Interview with Shlomo Sand and Avi Shlaim

December 2, 2009
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The New Statesman in conversation with Shlomo Sand

December 2, 2009

The New Statesman Magazine holds a conversation with Professor Shlomo Sand. Jonathan Derbyshire of the New Statesman magazine, Shlomo Sand and Denis McShane talk about Sand’s controversial book ‘The Invention of the Jewish People.”  The series can be viewed on YouTube in eight parts:

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‘Changing Perspectives on Israel’ – Shlomo Sand interviewed live on Al Jazeera TV by Riz Khan

December 1, 2009
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