Shalom Auslander: Foreskin's Lament

The funniest guest at Jewish Book Week 2008. Have a look at this preview of Shalom Auslander's new memoir, 'Foreskin's Lament.'

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• jewish
• funny
• orthodox
• book
• god
• literary
• memoir
• joke
• foreskin

[fightpollution]

okay, i just want to make a note that your purim story is missing something, the slaughter of 75,000 anti-Semites by the Jews, so yeah that is part of the celebration and I think needs to be acknowledged, my Judaism often troubles me.

[NaftaliBenzion]

The pain Shalom feels is shared by me. I keep my fingers crossed for both of us sticking our necks out like this.

[reesespiece100]

greatest book ever, great writer. Its my life.

[MrPessoa79]

Shalom is very funny. love this book.

[laughingsoftly]

This guy was the funniest person there. What did the least funny person do then?

[region1111]

Religious people are fucked up. They can prey to an imaginary god all they want but they're not going to get anything in return.

Auslander's book was good btw.

[treble473]

Heh. Yeah, I'd say Auslander has more of a fear of God than a love for Him. He very much believes in the OT God -- lots of rules and wrath. ;)

The voiceover sounds a little depressing here, but the book is actually tremendously funny (and poignant).

[itllfly]

The video is an ad for a book called "The Foreskin's Lament" which a Memoir about having to grow up the guilt/fear that comes along with religion. It's not about being "correct", but rather about how the Jewish faith affected this one man's outlook on life.

[EZC012]

your weird

[mdkathy]

religions are so weird!