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How I Stopped Being a Jew by [Sand, Shlomo]
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  • File Size: 2225 KB
  • Print Length: 113 pages
  • Publisher: Verso; 1 edition (October 7, 2014)
  • Publication Date: October 7, 2014
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00JNPFC4W
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4.0 out of 5 starsSand against the sacred cows
By Sergio Lipkin on October 19, 2014
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The title of this book should be "The invention of Secular Judaism", and in this way it would naturally close the trilogy that started with "The Invention of Jewish People" and was followed by "The Invention of the Land of Israel". Among Sand's discussion on those three inventions, the one referred to secular judaism (the object of the new book) is perhaps the most directed to the jewish public, or likely to have jews as the most interested readers. The central subject relates to the jewish identity, a question that simply has been torturing jews around the world at least since the end of nineteen century. Sand is not absolutely interested in doing any type of proselitism: he does not want to convince any jew to stop being jewish as he did. Sand simply wants to dramatically invoke all jews to deeply re-think and face fearless the identity question again as he thinks this is the crux of the matter of all historical contraditions between Judaism an Zionism (and he is surely echoing Boas Evron call in this same direction, as stated on his magnific 1995 book - Jewish State or Israeli Nation? ).
Like his arguments or not, the book is certainly extremely rich as a source for relevant subjects in the discussion agenda of the jewish identity question. Like his conclusions or not, the point is that it is almost impossible not to see and feel an overall beauty in the last chapter remarks, where Sand let the reader get in contact with his profound and declared love for Israel, something really amazing when contrasted with the usual image of "Israel traitor" drawn by many of Sand's detractors.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Must Read
By Lloyd E. Siverns on October 17, 2014
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Hard hitting but a book that needs to be read by everyone who is a friend of Israel but apprehensive or unwilling to be associated with an oppressive political/religious/military system that in demanding special treatment refuses to acknowledge the rights of others. It is past time, for the sake of Israel and for the Palestinians to pretend that the holocaust -terrible as it was and the memory of which we must keep alive- is a ticket to destroy the hopes and dreams and lives of others. With our friends we must be honest and friends are both within and without the ghetto.
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5.0 out of 5 starsTeaches us a new way of looking at Jewishness
By Deep Woods 9 on March 12, 2015
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I enjoyed Shlomo Sand’s book tremendously, though I feel that the title is a bit stronger than the argument he makes. Perhaps it’s a touch of sensationalism, or perhaps the book suffers a bit from translation. In any case, he makes some fantastic arguments, especially at the beginning of the book, as he shares anecdotes which demonstrate the absurdity of the rules which determine who is and is not a Jew.
Sand points out that conversion to another faith is enough to get a Jew kicked out of the club, but since he is an atheist he can’t convert to another faith. So there is no way for him to leave the club. What does this mean? It means that Jewishness is NOT a race – because were it a race, no one would be able to join it via conversion. After all, I can’t become African-American simply by accepting a set of beliefs and expressing a desire to identify with African-American culture and history. And yet, if Jewishness is not a race, it must be a combination religious/cultural identity. And we all know that it IS entirely possible to leave a religion and a culture, so it must be possible to decide to stop being a Jew.
And we see that, despite the fervent wishes of many Jews, there simply is no basis for a belief in Jewish genetics. (Check out the 2013 study entitled “A substantial prehistoric European ancestry amongst Ashkenazi maternal lineages” to see how European Jews really are.) With the most cutting edge genetic testing of today, the most that can be demonstrated is that the majority of Ashkenazi Jews (the pale-skinned mostly Eastern European Jews that most Americans know) share some genes due to population bottlenecks. And the Ashkenazi genetic mix tends to be substantially European in origin.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsThis is a nice piece of writing by Shlomo Sand
By 2ndamendmentman78 on October 23, 2014
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This is a nice piece of writing by Shlomo Sand. I appreciate Sand's exposure of something that the establishment media doesn't touch. This is the jewish view towards non-jews, which is very strongly influenced by the Old Testament and more than the Old Testament, the Talmud. Let's face it. The Jewish view of non-jews is a hateful one and this explains Israel's policies towards non-Jews, particularly palestinians. I admire Dr. Sand for rejecting the hateful mindset of jewish supremacism and ethnocentrism for a more universal, humanistic outlook that seeks to love all people, regardless of race, religion, or nationality.

This is a solid book by Dr. Sand. I commend him for his decision to renounce his Jewish identity and join the rest of humanity.
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4.0 out of 5 starsWhat's a Secular Jew?
By Sheldon Richman on October 26, 2014
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One may quibble with a point here and there, but Professor Sand has something important to say. I've long wondered what it means to be a secular Jew. As a secularist myself, the term "secular Jew" strikes me as an insult to those who embrace Jewish monotheism, particularly those who died for their faith. (I think of my own anti-Zionist orthodox grandfather, who would be perplexed by the phrase "atheist Jew.") It's a way to have one's cake and eat it too, which raises suspicions. Very often it amounts to a source of pseudo-ethnic superiority, not to mention a vicarious racist Israeli chauvinism in people who have no interest in living in Israel but who applaud the oppression of Arabs. It's irreligious religion and thus incoherent. I welcome Sand's discussion and hope it will provoke much self-examination.
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