tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401206057844716266.post2670742453783904557..comments2023-09-25T00:28:52.714-07:00Comments on Flashlight Commentary: Among the Living by Jonathan RabbErinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17542174578278020919noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401206057844716266.post-54935210080822402562017-05-20T11:46:29.251-07:002017-05-20T11:46:29.251-07:00I was more interested in the history of the Jewish...I was more interested in the history of the Jewish community in Savannah and less in the reactions of Jews to a Holocaust survivor and less in the squabbles between various religious factions. I found most of this uninteresting. I also found the description of the lower middle class commercial milieu of most of these Jews criticized from the non-commercial and academic stance of the author. His Jews seem authentic but they are not the only kind of Jews who existed and they should not be treated in this somewhat disdainful and superior way. There is some Jewish snobism here I think. I did like Pearl's dismissal of the rabbi as, well you know, a rabbi. Most rabbis in my experience are rather self-righteous and superior and far less educated than they think they are; I am not a fan of clergy.<br /><br />All in all the book disappointed me. I don't know whether there are books about other Jewish communities in the South. I know only about Driving Miss Daisy. Rabb always tries to be faithful to history, that is his chief claim to fame. norman ravitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799294194261724595noreply@blogger.com