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10. Portnoy Is No Longer Complaining: Philip Roth writes this
sequel about
his hero, Alexander Portnoy in which he has nothing to complain about.
In
fact, for a whole 312 pages, Portnoy reassures us that in fact he "is
fine and
pretty well adjusted."
9. War and a Piece of Cheesecake: Herman Wouk's attempt to write
about the
Goldstein family and their fight over the last piece of cheesecake in
the
fridge left from Shavuoth.
8. Michael and Me, the Strangest Pairing Since Borscht and Sour Cream:
Rabbi
Shmuely Boteach explores the relationship he has with Michael Jackson
7. Mein Camp: Mel Brooks writes a "campy" version of
Mein Kampf in which he
Desperately looks for the jokes that were unused in the Producers.
6. Confessions of a Shiksa: A compilation of short stories in
which non-Jewish
women admit that they really married those Jewish doctors for their money,
not love.
5. In My Father's Basketball Court: Isaac Bashevis Singer discusses
how he "got
schooled" by his father in a one-on-one game with his "Tatti."
The problem is
that Singer discusses this one 7-point game for 745 pages, which makes
for
very boring reading.
4. How To Marry The Asian Teenager of Your Dreams: Woody Allen's
dating tips.
3. How High: The unauthorized biography of Reb Shlomo Carlebach
brought to you
by the writers of VH1's Behind the Music.
2. The Red Tent: a story of one woman’s plight to stand up to
her mother about the colors for her wedding canopy.
1. Chicken Schmaltz for the Soul: A collection of vignettes about
gaining weight around the Jewish holidays
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