How I Stopped Being a Jew

How I Stopped Being a Jew

Shlomo Sand was born in 1946, in a displaced personâ€™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 â€œsecular Jew.â€ 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 â€œchosen peopleâ€ myth and its â€œholocaust industry.â€ Sand criticizes the fact that, in the current context, what â€œJewishâ€ means is, above all, not being Arab and reflects on the possibility of a secular, non-exclusive Israeli identity, beyond the legends of Zionism.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Verso
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-10-07
Format Kindle eBook

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