Slog - Comments on Shalom Auslander http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander I'll be doing an on-stage interview with writer Shalom Auslander tomorrow night as part of Nextbook's local reading series. He'll be reading from and discussing his new book, "Foreskin's Lament," which received a nice review in The New York Times on Sunday. Auslander is a funny guy, even though his author photo is rather severe: And he writes on a theme that has been a favorite of Stranger writers and readers this year: The divine ridiculousness of God. As The Times wrote: It has been another good year for God everywhere but in the bookstores. Whether it is Ayaan Hirsi... Copyright 2008 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:10:58 -0800 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:17:47 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mr. Poe Does he know where the hip Jews go to Temple?

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander#c832201 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander#c832201 Conflict of Interest Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:14:20 -0800 Comment by ahava I think an interesting question might have something to do with even though he's rejected orthodoxy and frumkeit, has any of it crept into how he raises his family? Does he do or say things in spite of himself?

]]> ahava http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander#c832222 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander#c832222 Conflict of Interest Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:32:25 -0800 Comment by Giddada Here With a name that translates into
"Farewell, foreigner" this guy should take a hint and get lost.

]]> Giddada Here http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander#c832244 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander#c832244 Conflict of Interest Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:51:54 -0800 Comment by MOHEL ESCAPEE Does the Judaic law that there shalt not be not one crumb in the household prior to Passover cause many Jewish women to become the traditional neurotics so beloved of the Borscht Belt comedians?

[quote] It is prohibited by Torah law to own chametz (leaven) on Pesach (Passover). Therefore we search and destroy chametz before Pesach. In most homes the process of cleaning begins weeks before Pesach. The house is scoured from top to bottom to remove all traces of chametz.

]]> MOHEL ESCAPEE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander#c832313 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander#c832313 Conflict of Interest Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:56:08 -0800 Comment by Nathan Explosion Why is it so easy to hate/love Jews from one moment to the next? How come they do not make Jews like Leon Trotsky anymore? If my father's grandmother is Ashkanazi, are some Palestinians in the West Bank living on a patch of land with my name on it? Did a Jewish film maker invent ass to mouth?

]]> Nathan Explosion http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander#c832394 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander#c832394 Conflict of Interest Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:26:34 -0800 Comment by BaBaJewey 1. Why does he insist on saying he was brought up in Monsey, when he never lived there? He lived in the adjacent town of Suffern, which is also where his synagogue was (and still is) located. He went to school in Spring Valley (again not Monsey) up until the 5th grade. His total schooling in Monsey lasted 4 years, yet he insists on saying he grew up in Monsey, because it feeds the stereotype he is attempting to promulgate.

2. Would he commit suicide or disown his son if his son became an Orthodox Jew?

]]> BaBaJewey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander#c832472 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander#c832472 Conflict of Interest Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:29:54 -0800 Comment by Chaya As a former orthodox Jew myself, I wonder what, if anything, he teaches his son about G-d. Also, having left the fold, what traditions does he continue? What aspects of OJ life does he miss most?

]]> Chaya http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander#c832859 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/interviewing_shalom_auslander#c832859 Conflict of Interest Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:17:47 -0800