For a few days there, I was concerned for Shlomo Sand. The new study about Jewish genetic links refutes – as have previous studies which Sand ignored or dismissed – a key thesis in his...
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Should Shlomo Sand offer a refund on his book now that another...
Shlomo Sand has been discussed on these pages before. However, his book still garnered immense attention, at least one very prestigious prize, a place on some bestseller lists, translation into...
East Jerusalem Shabbat
The Hurva Synagogue has been rebuilt in the Old City of Jerusalem. The Old City is part of what is meant by “east Jerusalem” when people claim it belongs to the Palestinians. The Old City...
Shlomo Sand is Angry at His Critics
Ooooh, the man is really angry. Shlomo Sand (also known as Shlomo Zand) is angry that historians like Simon Schama have critiqued his work unfavorably. Does he bother to refute their claims? No, he...
Shlomo Sand Excoriated for Shoddy History Once Again
This is getting to be such a bad habit. This time it’s the Guardian – no particular friend of Israel, this publication – which has a London Rabbi, Jonathan Wittenberg, review the...
An Archaeological Hannukah
Leave it to the colonialist Israel Antiquities Authority (the vaunted IAA) to continue to play a role in the formation and enactment of Israel’s colonial-national historical imagination by...



