Made-Up Holocaust Tale Hurts the Children, Too

First there was the whole made-up tale of triumph in the face of tragedy. Rosenblat sold the world and every authority that matters (ahem, Oprah) on a story that, in hindsight, just seems pretty ridiculous: that a young girl, pretending to be a Christian to avoid the concentration camps, threw him apples over the fence of his camp every day for 7 months, and years later became his wife after they randomly met on a blind date in NYC.
All lies, in fact. Shaking everyone's faith in the veracity of Holocaust memorials is bad enough, Herman. But, perhaps even more dismayingly, Riptide isn't sure it will ever be able to read another edition of "Chicken Soup for the Soul" with an uncritical eye again.
But things got even worse this morning, when Lerner Publishing offered to refund all buyers of "Angel Girl," a children's book based on Rosenblat's fantasies.
Why did you mislead the children, Herman? Why, dammit?!
-- Tim Elfrink































