A Bacon Sandwich Was Just the Beginning
Newsweek, September, 2004 by Marc Peyser
Neal Karlen calls his memoir "Shanda," a Yiddish word that means "disgrace." It's a good description of a man who once told "Hebe" jokes, dated shiksas (non-Jews) and turned himself into what he calls a "Jewish Uncle Tom." Fortunately, Karlen found his way out of the self-loathing desert. He talked to NEWSWEEK's Marc Peyser.
I feel like we should be doing this interview in Yiddish.
Vat? I once wrote a book on punk rock, and I even threw Yiddish in there. I'd say it was so my relatives would have something to read.
Why did you decide to call the book "Shanda"? "Mensch" and even "schmuck" are certainly better-known words.
Shanda encompasses everything. You're a scandal. Though I did have all these different titles, like "Of Mice and Mensch." An...
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