'God of Vengeance': The Oy of Sex From: The Washington Post | Date: February 24, 2001| Author: Nelson Pressley | Copyright 2001 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

It's hard to know how seriously to take Sholem Asch's 1907 "God of Vengeance" nearly 100 years on. The plot is lurid and overcooked: Can Yankel Shapshovitch, a whoremaster, keep his budding daughter Rivkeleh "pure"? Can he buy the goodwill of God by commissioning a handwritten Torah?

Or will God punish him for his abundant sins? Might this God of vengeance turn Rivkeleh into a "working girl" or even -- horror of horrors -- a contented lesbian?

The conflict between religion and a...

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