Shanda: The Making and Breaking of a Self-Loathing Jew Book

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Shanda: The Making and Breaking of a Self-Loathing Jew
Written by author Neal Karlen
Published by Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, August 2005
Early in his memoir, Neal Karlen tells a rabbi, "I love Judaism. It's Jews I can't stand." What he means is that he hates the parochialism and material trappings of the young Jews he knows: their new temples are gilded and the parking lots spill over w

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Acknowledgments IX
1. Uncle Tom Jew 1
2. The Shanda 9
3. A Stranger on a Plane 19
4. The Fifth Son at the Seder Table (Who No Longer Shows Up) 26
5. Home, Alone 36
6. The Mensch or the Golem 46
7. Tugs 55
8. The Hasid Everyone Likes 70
9. The Worst Guest 77
10. Revelations, and Rabbis Who Say, "I Don't Know" 87
11. Fathers and Sons 93
12. Spiritual Airports 105
13. Tefillin and the Art of Sandy Koufax 114
14. Rabbi Caro Explains It All for You 128
15. Something to Believe in 140
16. Connecting 150
17. Welcoming the Queen: The Miracle of the Sabbath 156
18. Bootlegging the Shtetl Wine 168
19. The Missing Jigsaw Piece 174
20. One Page Ahead of the Studient 185
21. The Bat Mitzvah, Charlie Parker, and Amen 204

Title: Shanda: The Making and Breaking of a Self-Loathing Jew

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Item Number: 9780743266314

Publication Date: August 2005

Product Description: Full Name: Shanda: The Making and Breaking of a Self-Loathing Jew; Short Name:Shanda

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Date Added: August 25, 2020, Added By: Ross

Date Last Edited: August 25, 2020, Edited By: Ross

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reviewed Shanda: The Making and Breaking of a Self-Loathing Jew on July 25, 2014

Shanda: The Making and Breaking of a Self-Loathing Jew

Warm, heartfelt, well-written memoir by one of the Twin Cities' better writers about his journey back to Judaism--and himself. It's broad comedy in some places and could offend the overly sensitive or pious, but stick with it. Recommend it.

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