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Book Review of Foreskin's Lament

Foreskin's Lament
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I work with many Hasidic Jews and live in the neighborhood the author grew up in, so for the first 1/4 of the book I found it amusing. As the book droned on, it became more obscene and offensive and reinforced what I have always believed, that cult -like religious adherence, no matter what religion, Christian, Jewish, Muslim, etc.. warps people. When you stop thinking and blindly follow "the rules" you give up your free will. Mr. Auslander and his many neurosis is one extreme and the many unhappy people I serve in the hospital are the other. Don't waste your time on this book!