Both the New York Times and Haaretz think Passover is a great time to insult Judaism.
In the NYT, we see Shalom Auslander, whose credentials to write this article about Judaism are stellar indeed. After all, as this 2007 article notes:
His father was an alcoholic, violent with his two sons. His mother was a sad character, trying to keep up appearances of a normal home life. Incessantly reading decorating magazines, she harbored the hope that if she rearranged their furniture well, they would have a peaceful home.
As a young boy, Auslander began sneaking out of the house on Shabbat afternoon; a first transgression was to ride his bike to a local store, but then he couldn't get himself to step on the electronic pad to open the door, which would have been another transgression. But soon after, he was taking taxis to the mall, shoplifting small items and sneaking non-kosher foods. By the time he was in high school, the Manhattan Talmudic Academy, he was shoplifting the kinds of expensive clothing his classmates wore, smoking dope and skipping classes to go to museums, bookstores and porn shops.
Of course a person whose entire view of Judaism was warped from the start is the perfect person to say in the New York Times that we really...Read More
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