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How I Stopped Being a Jew

By Shlomo Sand

By Shlomo Sand

By Shlomo Sand
Translated by David Fernbach

By Shlomo Sand
Translated by David Fernbach

By Shlomo Sand
Translated by David Fernbach

By Shlomo Sand
Translated by David Fernbach

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    About How I Stopped Being a Jew

    Shlomo Sand was born in 1946, in a displaced person’s camp in Austria, to Jewish parents; the family later migrated to Palestine. As a young man, Sand came to question his Jewish identity, even that of a “secular Jew.” With this meditative and thoughtful mixture of essay and personal recollection, he articulates the problems at the center of modern Jewish identity.

    How I Stopped Being a Jew discusses the negative effects of the Israeli exploitation of the “chosen people” myth and its “holocaust industry.” Sand criticizes the fact that, in the current context, what “Jewish” means is, above all, not being Arab and reflects on the possibility of a secular, non-exclusive Israeli identity, beyond the legends of Zionism.

    About How I Stopped Being a Jew

    Shlomo Sand was born in 1946, in a displaced person’s camp in Austria, to Jewish parents; the family later migrated to Palestine. As a young man, Sand came to question his Jewish identity, even that of a “secular Jew.” With this meditative and thoughtful mixture of essay and personal recollection, he articulates the problems at the center of modern Jewish identity.

    How I Stopped Being a Jew discusses the negative effects of the Israeli exploitation of the “chosen people” myth and its “holocaust industry.” Sand criticizes the fact that, in the current context, what “Jewish” means is, above all, not being Arab and reflects on the possibility of a secular, non-exclusive Israeli identity, beyond the legends of Zionism.

    About How I Stopped Being a Jew

    Shlomo Sand was born in 1946, in a displaced person’s camp in Austria, to Jewish parents; the family later migrated to Palestine. As a young man, Sand came to question his Jewish identity, even that of a “secular Jew.” With this meditative and thoughtful mixture of essay and personal recollection, he articulates the problems at the center of modern Jewish identity.

    How I Stopped Being a Jew discusses the negative effects of the Israeli exploitation of the “chosen people” myth and its “holocaust industry.” Sand criticizes the fact that, in the current context, what “Jewish” means is, above all, not being Arab and reflects on the possibility of a secular, non-exclusive Israeli identity, beyond the legends of Zionism.

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    Also by Shlomo Sand

    The Invention of the Jewish People
    The End of the French Intellectual
    Twilight of History
    The Invention of the Land of Israel
    On the Nation and the Jewish People
    See all books by Shlomo Sand

    Also by Shlomo Sand

    The Invention of the Jewish People
    The End of the French Intellectual
    Twilight of History
    The Invention of the Land of Israel
    On the Nation and the Jewish People
    See all books by Shlomo Sand

    Product Details

    Category: Historical Figure Biographies & Memoirs | History | Religion

    Paperback | $16.95
    Published by Verso
    Jan 24, 2023 | 112 Pages | 5 x 7-4/5 | ISBN 9781784782009

    Category: Historical Figure Biographies & Memoirs | History | Religion

    Hardcover | $16.95
    Published by Verso
    Oct 07, 2014 | 112 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781781686140

    Category: Historical Figure Biographies & Memoirs | History | Religion

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Verso
    Oct 07, 2014 | 128 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781781686157
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    Praise

    Praise for The Invention of the Jewish People:

    “Perhaps books combining passion and erudition don’t change political situations, but if they did, this one would count as a landmark.” —Eric Hobsbawm, Observer

    “Sand’s quiet earthquake of a book is shaking historical faith in the link between Judaism and Israel.” —Rafael Behr, Observer

    “No discussion of the region any longer seems complete without acknowledgement of this book.” —Independent on Sunday, Best History Books of 2009

    “A radical dismantling of a national myth.” —Guardian

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