Shlomo Sand’s ‘The Invention of the Jewish People’ is Independent’s Book of the Week 27 November 2009

November 30, 2009

Stephen Howe names The Invention of the Jewish People as The Independent’s Book of the Week, but suggests that  ‘It could, though, be argued that still more problematic and pernicious is the “negative” fear, hatred and contempt for Palestinians: that the trouble with Israel is less its character as a “Jewish state” than its being [...]

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Wall Street Journal: ‘Where Do Jews Come From?’

November 30, 2009

By Evan R. Goldstein in The Wall Street Journal.
This much is known: In the mid-eighth century, the ruling elite of the Khazars, a Turkic tribe in Eurasia, converted to Judaism. Their impetus was political, not spiritual. By embracing Judaism, the Khazars were able to maintain their independence from rival monotheistic states, the Muslim caliphate and [...]

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Shlomo Sand responds to Simon Schama’s review in the Financial Times

November 21, 2009

The debate about The Invention of the Jewish People continues in the FT here. Shlomo Sand was keen to respond to Simon Schama’s critical review of his book from last Saturday’s FT. However, the paper would only consider publishing a very short one paragraph response. Shlomo declined and has asked us to present the complete text of [...]

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Shlomo Sand’s SOAS Lecture Broadcast Tonight

November 19, 2009

Professor Sand’s 11th of November London lecture will be broadcast tonight at 8pm GMT on Resonance104.4fm. For more information, and to listen online, click here.

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The Sunday Times and The Financial Times review Shlomo Sand’s The Invention of the Jewish People

November 19, 2009

Simon Schama, for The Financial Times, and Max Hastings, for The Sunday Times, have both reviewed Shlomo Sand’s The Invention of the Jewish People. While both reviewers attack the book’s title – with Hastings calling it ‘foolishly provocative’ and Schama ’splashy’ – both recognise the power of Sand’s seminal text.  Hastings states that the book [...]

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Stephen Sackur interviews Shlomo Sand for BBC HARDtalk

November 19, 2009

Shlomo Sand, author of The Invention of the Jewish People, was interviewed by Stephen Sackur for BBC HARDtalk. Broadcast last night on the BBC News Channel, Professor Sand discusses The Invention of the Jewish People and the controversy surrounding the English translation of his bestselling book. Watch online here, more information here.
Professor Sand [...]

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BBC says Shlomo Sand’s The Invention of the Jewish People is “an international news story”

November 11, 2009

Shlomo Sand, author of The Invention of the Jewish People, was interviewed on the BBC World Service’s News Hour last night. In an e-mail exchange between Sand’s UK publicist and the producer of last night’s programme, it was emphasised that the BBC were “interviewing Mr Sand on the basis that the controversy over his book [...]

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Listen Again: Shlomo Sand on Start the Week with Andrew Marr

November 9, 2009

9 November: Shlomo Sand was on BBC Radio’s Start the Week this morning discussing the invention of the Jewish people with Andrew Marr. Listen again here.

‘ Tonight, Professor Sand will be ‘In Conversation with The New Statesman’ discussing his book The Invention of the Jewish People with Labour MP Denis MacShane. [...]

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Shlomo Sand speaking at NYU October 2009

November 6, 2009
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Gabriel Piterberg on Shlomo Sand in the latest New Left Review

October 26, 2009

Converts to Colonizers?
By Gabriel Piterberg, in New Left Review 59 Sept/Oct 2009
The foundational myths of the state of Israel rest on the notion that, throughout history, the Jews have been descended from a single ethno-biological core of Judean exiles who had been removed from their ancestral lands in the first two centuries CE. Shlomo Sand’s [The Invention of [...]

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