Shlomo Sand
Born in 1946
History
Shlomo Sand is a professor of history at Tel Aviv University, born to Polish Jewish Holocaust survivors.
He grew up in a displaced persons camp before moving to Israel in 1948.
Sand's academic journey included studies in Paris, where he obtained his PhD on George Sorel and Marxism.
He has taught at various institutions, including UC Berkeley and École des hautes études en sciences sociales.
Sand's background includes involvement in communist and anti-Zionist organizations during his youth.
His controversial book, The Invention of the Jewish People, challenges traditional narratives of Jewish history and identity, reflecting his academic focus on nationalism and French intellectual history.
