Bob Dylan just released a new 17-minute song titled Murder Most Foul, which is about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and more broadly about the music and culture of the 1960’s and beyond. Dylan, who has toured almost non-stop for years, recently canceled his current tour because of the coronavirus pandemic. Bob Dylan once offered a promotional blurb that was printed on the back cover of a book by a Jewish author: “Anyone who is either married or thinking of getting married would do well to read this book.” What book did Dylan promote in this way?
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A. Fear of Flying, by Erica Jong, the 1973 best-selling novel about a Jewish journalist who struggles to free herself from the shackles of traditional male relationships.
B. Doesn’t Anyone Blush Anymore by Rabbi Manis Friedman, a 1990 book about the importance of modesty and intimacy in relationships, including the advice, “If you help yourself to the benefits of being married when you are single, you’re likely to help yourself to the benefits of being single when you’re married.”
C. Kosher Sex: A Recipe for Passion and Intimacy, published in 1999 by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, wherein the noted rabbi and author discusses sex, love, trust, and intimacy in these modern times through the lens of Jewish wisdom and tradition.
D. Dr. Ruth’s 2009 book Top Ten Secrets for Great Sex: How to Enjoy it, Share it, and Love it Each and Every Time, in which the noted Holocaust survivor and sex therapist discusses such issues as kicking boredom out of the bedroom and knowing the Kama Ruthra.
E. Philip Roth’s 1969 novel Portnoy’s Complaint, about “a lust-ridden, mother-addicted young Jewish bachelor,” and his relationship with his parents, girls, Israel, and liver.