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Shalom Auslander’s latest memoir is the story of a story. He calls both the book and the story “Feh,” a Yiddish word that translates roughly as “yuck.” He argues that this word sums up the origin story that Judaism and other major religions teach their followers, leaving them with a debilitating legacy of guilt and shame.  moving and laugh-out-loud funny. 

One of the most prominent artists of the 20th century, Mark Rothko is best known for his abstract color field paintings. For many, the artist inspires profound emotion. To critics, he’s famous for making big blobs akin to those in a kindergartener’s classroom. You could likely find a case for both.

Shalom Auslander’s latest memoir is the story of a story. He calls both the book and the story “Feh,” a Yiddish word that translates roughly as “yuck.” He argues that this word sums up the origin story that Judaism and other major religions teach their followers, leaving them with a debilitating legacy of guilt and shame.  moving and laugh-out-loud funny. 

In the spring of 1992, I had brunch with a friend, a documentary filmmaker whose boyfriend had just wrapped a stint as a cameraman on the inaugural season of "The Real World," MTV's groundbreaking series. She claimed that what had happened off-screen was juicier than any on-screen flirtation or racially-charged argument. Pulitzer Prize laureate Emily Nussbaum delivers the skinny on "The Real ...

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