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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “This book was thoughtful and laugh-out-loud funny. Shalom Auslander takes the idea of a personal God to a whole new level, and lives his life in a constant struggle for meaning and recognition from God and from the humans around him. I could relate to a lot of his gripes about Jewish practice,...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Brilliant. ”
Crazy Nick wrote this review Wednesday, October 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Hilarious and memorable memoir of growing up in a highly dysfunctional Orthodox Jewish family in America. The author seems to continuously want to escape his religion, yet doesn't ever seem successful at it.”
David F wrote this review Tuesday, October 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“a little irreverent, but funny! I enjoyed most of his stories”
Karen T wrote this review Thursday, August 13 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I laughed, I cried. I too have struggled with the peer-pressured circumcision of your child dilemma, and religion in general (although i didnt have it as bad as him!) so it was nice to know i'm not alone. ”
Ethan wrote this review Saturday, August 8 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It contains sad yet funny anecdotes about being brought up in an Orthodox Jewish home.”
Susie Peyton wrote this review Saturday, August 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This felt like it would have worked better as a magazine feature. After a while it felt redundant and repetative.”
lucy w wrote this review Thursday, July 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Laugh-out-loud funny and extremely well written, Foreskin's Lament will be especially interesting to anyone familar with Jewish culture but it will entertain any discerning reader.”
nmezza wrote this review Sunday, June 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Hilarous. Shalom Auslander is an evil genius.”
Wendy V wrote this review Saturday, May 9 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Very funny - applies to all guilt laid on the oung by parent, society, religion.”
Jeane P R wrote this review Monday, May 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Fantastically FUNNY! Auslander is like a Jewish Rushdie. I have been waiting for a book like this to come along. I started reading it two days ago and could not stop. Fell asleep with it in my hands after reading more than 1/2 this book in one sitting; woke up the next morning and read it until I finished it. I wished this book would never end. If you have come from a Jewish family you will recognize yourself, your siblings, your parents and alot of the other characters in the book. If you were not raised in a Jewish family you will learn very quickly how guilt can torture the Jewish child's mind into paranoia and how the "rules" of an Orthodox upbringing can affect us throughout our lives.”
R_Barrett wrote this review Wednesday, April 15 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
