Shalom Auslander was raised with a terrified respect for God. Even as he grew up, defying and eventually being cast out of his community, he could not find his way to a life in which he wasn'e(tm)t locked in a daily struggle with Him. Foreskin'e(tm)s Lament is a rich and fascinating portrait of a man grappling with his faith, his family and his community. 'e~Bracing and witty . Never, frankly, can there have been a more blasphemous book . Foreskin'e(tm)s Lament somehow expresses the ideas of Richard Dawkins in the tone of David Sedaris. You can read it for the humour, you can read it as reportage into a secretive and bizarre world, you can read it as a personal tale of triumph over adversity, or you can just read it for the misery. It doesn'e(tm)t really matter.

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