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The Invention of the Jewish People

Shlomo Sand
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The important thing about The Invention of the Jewish People is that it uses science to show that the Jews are not, in fact, a race – that is a 19th -century idea that comes out of the same environment as fascism. The direct descendants of the Jews of Judea are, in fact, the Palestinians.