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Last update - 13:27 12/03/2009
Israeli wins French prize for book questioning origins of Jewish people
By Maya Sela, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Israel News, Shlomo Sand 

Professor Shlomo Sand, the Tel Aviv University history professor and author of a controversial book on the genetic origins of the Jews, this week received a top critics prize from French journalists.

Sand, whose book "When and How Was the Jewish People Invented?" ignited controversy in Israel and in Jewish circles, is the recipient of the Aujourd'hui Award, which is given to the best non-fiction political or historical work.

The book, which was published by the Resling imprint, spent 19 weeks on the bestseller list in Israel. Though it has been in bookstores for just six months in France, it has thus far sold 25,000 copies, good enough to remain on the bestseller list.
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Sand's book deals with questions that remain taboo in Israeli society, among them the ancestral origins of the Jewish people and the genetic lineage shared with modern-day Israelis.

Past winners of the prize include French intellectual Raymond Aron, literary critic George Steiner, author Milan Kundera, and historian Francois Pare.
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  1.   WHO WILL GIVE HIM THE PRIZE, DIEUDONNE` ? 12:51  |  Freethinker 12/03/09
  2.   HOW ABOUT A NOBEL PRIZE FOR ILAN PAPPE? 12:51  |  Freethinker 12/03/09
  3.   IF THIS TRASH IS IN THE CHARTS, MAKING MONEY IN FRANCE IS EEEASY 12:53  |  Freethinker 12/03/09
  4.   Gosh! Brace yourself for the avalanche! 13:19  |  Johnboy 12/03/09
  5.   Questioning? Why questioning? 13:36  |  Axel 12/03/09
  6.   Literary or politics? 13:40  |  howiej 12/03/09
  7.   Genes and jeans 13:41  |  Motic 12/03/09
  8.   The secret of success 13:43  |  Miriam 12/03/09
  9.   Antisemite Europeans love self-hating Jews 13:49  |  American Jew 12/03/09
  10.   Well Haaretz, it shows.. 13:56  |  Abecassis 12/03/09
  11.   Classic response from `american jew` 13:58  |  Neil 12/03/09
  12.   Trouble waters 14:04  |  Avraham 12/03/09
  13.   if we were invented... 14:19  |  EVH 12/03/09
  14.   First , its the Khazars , now its a frabrication?! 14:23  |  Zev Davis 12/03/09
  15.   It wont help you 14:30  |  zichron 12/03/09
  16.   Hope with this credit Sand will win the battle of TAU donors 14:33  |  zmogus 12/03/09
  17.   #6, Motic. Read Sand`s book, pp 376-387. 14:48  |  zmogus 12/03/09
  18.   #7, Miriam. Fashions do matter in historiography... 15:08  |  zmogus 12/03/09
  19.   Jewish Da Vinci Code 15:13  |  Sam 12/03/09
  20.   #10, zichron. 15:16  |  zmogus 12/03/09
  21.   Whatever the origins... 15:17  |  Sergio Scotfan 12/03/09
  22.   For origion of Jews he gets Ahmadejan award 15:29  |  TOMY 12/03/09
  23.   #8, Miriam. I`m sorry if it hurts, 15:32  |  zmogus 12/03/09
  24.   symbolic of whats happening in eu, uk. they lost their sense of 15:34  |  ralph 12/03/09
  25.   #8, Miriam. I`m sorry if it hurts, 15:35  |  zmogus 12/03/09
  26.   When and How Was the Palestinian People Invented?" 15:50  |  Rob AA 12/03/09
  27.   Invented is Sands version. Bible is history witnessed by 600,000 15:51  |  Jay 12/03/09
  28.   "Professor" Sand is busy working on getting a Saudi prize too 16:02  |  Herbert Kaine 12/03/09
  29.   American Jew is spot on 16:18  |  Jon 12/03/09
  30.   #4 Axel - You don`t know all that much 16:32  |  *BEN JABO 12/03/09
  31.   If this book is factual, what`s the problem? 16:35  |  Lou Medel 12/03/09
  32.   Hope with this credit Sand will win the battle of TAU donors 16:36  |  zmogus 12/03/09
  33.   Jewish Da Vinci Code 16:36  |  Sam 12/03/09
  34.   The Jews of Israel never want to face the truth 16:37  |  The Truth Seeker 12/03/09
  35.   #7, Miriam. Fashions do matter in historiography... 16:38  |  zmogus 12/03/09
  36.   #10, zichron. 16:39  |  zmogus 12/03/09
  37.   ANSWER TO SAND: IF ONE HEBREW IS STILL AMONG US,OUR HISTORY HOLDS 16:40  |  MAX 12/03/09
  38.   Sam, when was the last time you read Sand`s book? 16:46  |  zmogus 12/03/09
  39.   Judaism is Organic 16:48  |  Joan 12/03/09
  40.   Who is this professor? 16:51  |  Dr. Ari Nir 12/03/09
  41.   #22 17:00  |  tom 12/03/09
  42.   #28 ZMOGUS - I`ll ask you the same question 17:18  |  *BEN JABO 12/03/09
  43.   #26 Lou Medel - First you should BUY the book 17:21  |  *BEN JABO 12/03/09
  44.   #28 Lou Medel - Buy they book first 17:30  |  *BEN JABO 12/03/09
  45.   Any one who makes Jews look bad is always rewarded 17:58  |  Jew 12/03/09
  46.   BEN JABOTINSKY 18:06  |  zmogus 12/03/09
  47.   The hypocrisy of the zmogus, jb, et al, genotype 18:08  |  David Teich 12/03/09
  48.   #44: it doesn`t make the Jews "look bad" 18:20  |  Tarik 12/03/09
  49.   Sand`s book 18:33  |  Elina 12/03/09
  50.   Writer/Reporter both write/talk till they believe their own bs. 19:16  |  Ezekial 12/03/09
  51.   I`m happy for Schlomo Sand 19:22  |  Cath 12/03/09
  52.   miriam 19:34  |  A.M. 12/03/09
  53.   Comment on #27 600,000? 19:34  |  JHU 12/03/09
  54.   Origins of Jews? Of course. Ask any Moslem. We are descended... 20:38  |  bat yam 12/03/09
  55.   Good for TA University 22:44  |  sweis Melbourne 12/03/09
  56.   This subject is not controversial at all! 23:01  |  Moises 12/03/09
  57.   Whoooooo Cares? 23:12  |  Mikhael 12/03/09
  58.   Were the Jews who died in the Holocaust "Jewish" enough? 23:32  |  Sergio 12/03/09
  59.   #29, Dr. Ari Nir 23:44  |  zmogus 12/03/09
  60.   what is the origin of Muslim people Who cares 23:51  |  jr 12/03/09
  61.   Communist rewrites history 02:26  |  Vik 13/03/09
  62.   Fascinating topic but who cares? Only the racists & antisemites? 03:13  |  common sense 13/03/09
  63.   A journalism award that shows how little journalist do know 04:20  |  Noam D. Blume 13/03/09
  64.   "Self Hating" Jew 05:17  |  Wayne LaCrosse 13/03/09
  65.   I recognize the good ole space cadet David Teich 10:27  |  zmogus 13/03/09
  66.   I recognize the good ole space cadet David Teich 10:45  |  zmogus 13/03/09
  67.   naomimiriam # 8 11:06  |  Eyes Wide Open 13/03/09
  68.   Jewish deprogramming 11:39  |  Anthony Clifton 13/03/09
  69.   My mother was a Jew, my father was a Jew, I am a Jew. 19:02  |  Daniel Pearl - 2002 13/03/09
  70.   Answer to Elina `s question . . . 19:46  |  michael mazur 13/03/09
  71.   The Paranoia 22:18  |  Live Auction 13/03/09
  72.   Sergio is almost right 22:27  |  Jimmy Crickets 13/03/09
  73.   origins 04:11  |  paul s. 14/03/09
  74.   Sergio #58 04:30  |  michael mazur 14/03/09
  75.   palestinians are jews? 04:48  |  paul s. 14/03/09
  76.   paul s. #75 08:24  |  michael mazur 14/03/09
  77.   Zionism is not Judaism 09:53  |  AmericanSecularJew 14/03/09
  78.   Arabs would be furious to hear Sand say they descend from Jews 04:54  |  Noam D. Blume 15/03/09
  79.   If the Jewish people was invented, then the French is fantasy 11:02  |  Yael 15/03/09
  80.   #58 Sergio - "a state where they can live in peace and safety"... 11:42  |  PADDY 15/03/09
  81.   Dear cath 20:46  |  Explaination of why 15/03/09
  82.   80: No well, so far, Paddy 21:00  |  David Teich 15/03/09
  83.   To American Secular Jew 21:11  |  Same as you 15/03/09
  84.   JESUSALEN 22:27  |  jesusalen 16/03/09
  85.   65: I always correct you, zmogus, because you`re always wrong (2 01:45  |  David Teich 17/03/09
  86.   Genetic tests 18:44  |  W 17/03/09
  87.   Waste of time and energy 23:23  |  Gilad 17/03/09
  88.   To W #86 and many others 01:08  |  Geneticist 18/03/09
  89.   zmogus #17,18,20...(why so many?) 08:15  |  Motic`s friend 18/03/09
  90.   Defnitely book of the year for me 09:35  |  GalileeHero 18/03/09
  91.   #23 #25 zmogus - Paris/Vilnius 01:03  |  Makevet 22/03/09
  92.   Sand the Man 14:27  |  Doug 22/03/09
  93.   genetic research and moot topics 02:17  |  Rebbe Goyman 25/03/09
  94.   Motic?s friend. Could you do a friendly favor to Teich too? 1) 11:36  |  zmogus 29/03/09
  95.   Motic?s friend. Could you do friendly favor to Teich too? 2) 11:38  |  zmogus 29/03/09
  96.   I`LL TAKE THE TORAH OVER SAND 16:33  |  Petra 29/03/09
  97.   Makevet. Two thumbs up. For your joke. 10:42  |  zmogus 30/03/09
  98.   #95 and the haplotype conspiracy 06:48  |  Rebbe Goyman 31/03/09
  99.   #94 book not about genetic origins 16:58  |  Rebbe Goyman 31/03/09
  100.   Babysitting David Teich (for free) 2) 19:33  |  zmogus 02/04/09
  101.   Babysitting David Teich (for free) 1) 21:15  |  zmogus 03/04/09
  102.   Babysitting David Teich (for free) 3) 21:17  |  zmogus 03/04/09
  103.   Babysitting David Teich (for free) 4) 16:34  |  zmogus 06/04/09
  104.   Shouldn`t Sela have explained the prof`s proof? 19:02  |  Robert 20/07/09
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