Excuse Me, Who Are You?
A Film
Excuse Me, Is This Yours?
A Book & Events
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What the critics say about Excuse Me, Is This Yours?
“Tenenbom is an intrepid observer, and his books, including his latest, offer unexpected insights. They are lively and full of wit, though that wit is rooted in profound seriousness.”
DER SPIEGEL
“His extensive reportage from the West Bank is extraordinarily vivid, polyphonic, intelligent, and witty. He offers no simple answers.”
Schweiz am Wochenende
“Sharp insight, wit, and illuminating inside views of an extraordinarily complex part of the world.”
ARD TV ttt – titel thesen temperamente
“Tenenbom is a witty, sarcastic entertainer. That makes his book, written in a lively, conversational style, an enjoyable read, despite all the horrors it also recounts.”
Die Weltwoche
“He casts a sharp and provocative light on the Middle East conflict.”
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
“A joy to read!”
Israel TV Channel 12
“An outstanding book!”
Israel TV Channel 14
“Engaging and entertaining, at times sympathetic and even admiring, yet often provocative and even scathing... For that is Tenenbom: a volcano of energy that may, or might at any moment, erupt in several different directions.”
Makor Rishon
“A fascinating and unsettling eight-month journey.”
Kikar HaShabbat
“This book is a very delightful and entertaining experience. I truly recommend it.”
Kan, Israel Public Radio
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• Please note: Presentations of "Excuse Me, Who Are You?" are planned for winter 2026 and for 2027 in the USA, Israel, Germany and Croatia
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Press Release
Excuse Me, Is This Yours? by Tuvia Tenenbom
Tuvia Tenenbom returns with his sharp wit, fearless curiosity, and unmatched eye for contradiction in Excuse Me, Is This Yours?, a vivid journey through the hills, farms, outposts, and heartbreaks of Biblical Israel, also known as the West Bank or Judea & Smaria. This book is not a political treatise, though politics drip from every rock and tent peg. It is not a theological work, though it wrestles constantly with God, prophecy, and sacred dirt. It is not even a diary, though every page pulses with the immediacy of a man walking, questioning, eating, grieving, and watching everything with a smirk. Instead, this is a human book, about people and the land that makes them do impossible things. Young men build farms with no permission and no pay. Elderly settlers sit with goats and forget the war they helped shape. Rabbis speak in riddles. Samaritans roast sheep. Women recite magic words, and young boys die in Gaza. Tenenbom’s writing is unmistakable: irreverent, poetic, and brutally honest. He mocks, he mourns, he asks naive questions that lead to explosive answers. He’s the outsider welcomed inside, the secular man who understands the religious better than they do themselves. He’s funny, but never unserious.
Bottom Line: A deeply original, provocative, and moving work. Tenenbom does what few dare: he steps into a land on fire, smiles at the flames, and offers you a slice of pizza while telling you a truth you don’t want to hear.
Film is in Hebrew, with English subtitles
Book is in English, German, Hebrew, Czech, and soon in Croatian.
Events in USA: In English
Excuse Me, Is This Yours? is a Spiegel bestseller in Germany, available in the USA as of September 18, 2026
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