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Title: Mediocre Bestseller!
Review: Without his fame and the media hoopla surrounding this book, it would be seen for what it is: a tour of the divisions among USA Jews at this time, 2000. It is not written by a man with an ear for the art of writing interesting sentences. It is dazzling... not the book, but the fact that far lesser known books can change your life, while this book, like so many bestsellers, is just a prosaic lump of words from on high. I found this tour of Jewish American divisions full of atonal prose. The structure, also, is awkward and the omnicient voice, so male, so passe. I could be wrong about the merits of the book, but unfortunately I'd rather be laid out under a scorching sun for a week than have to bear re-reading this tome. And that's why I give Professor Freedman, who is not short on arrogance, a reluctant 2 stars. Reluctant? Because if everyone else is raving about it, perhaps I am wrong. But then, on reflection, I seriously doubt that.
