How I Stopped Being a Jew
by Shlomo Sand
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Pub Date 7 Oct 2014 | Archive Date 16 Aug 2014
Verso Books (UK) | Verso
Description
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.
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.
Advance Praise
“Perhaps books combining passion and erudition don’t change political situations, but if they did, this one would count as a landmark.” – Eric Hobsbawm (in praise of The Invention of the Jewish People), Observer
“Sand’s quiet earthquake of a book is shaking historical faith in the link between Judaism and Israel.” – Rafael Behr (in praise of The Invention of the Jewish People), Observer
“No discussion of the region any longer seems complete without acknowledgement of this book.” – Independent on Sunday, Best History Books of 2009 (in praise of The Invention of the Jewish People)
“A radical dismantling of a national myth.” – Guardian (in praise of The Invention of the Jewish People)
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| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781781686140 |
| PRICE | US$16.95 (USD) |
