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Orthodox Jews don't read romance, or do they?

A while ago I pitched my first novel to frum publishers. Frum is the Yiddish word for religious btw. Some years before, a frum publisher had published "Pride and Preference" by Barbara Bensoussan and seeing as my book was a Pride and Prejudice adaptation set in Israel, I assumed I had a shot.  I don't want to reveal who gave me which rejection but be kitzur, in short, they all rejected it. I don't think one of them read the manuscript. But while most rejections were polite, and some even commended me for the idea, one rejection stood out to me. Of course, I can only assume the tone of an email and there's a chance I misinterpreted it. But just so you can read it the way I did, I added emojis and internal thoughts in parentheses to the text:   Dear Tamar, 🧐 Thank you for submitting your book for our review.  As [➖️➖️➖️➖️]'s main clientele is the Chareidi [Ultra orthodox]readership,we don't take on romance books at all.😤😡 [The very thought! The notion!] W...