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Title: Coulda been a Contender
Review: Of course, every writer comes to the keyboard with his/her own preudices.But the detached writer--the true artist--suspends those biases in favor of an accurate portrayal of fact. Others just skim the surface, conveying their impressions. But sans context,such reportage is at the very least grossly distorted. Bloom, a nonreligious ..., seems to have come to this work with absolutely no background research...except perhaps memories of Fiddler on the Roof. But,like the Chasid on the cover of the book, Tevye was not a Lubavitcher (and possibly not even a chasid) So, what could have been an interesting essay about the "meeting of cultures" is instead a hatchet job. And once again, Jews are 'the other' . We already know too well where that leads.
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