About this title: In addition to being a novelist (he was awarded the 1951 Pulitzer Prize for his novel THE CAINE MUTINY), Herman Wouk was an observant Jew who attended synagogue and kept a kosher home where Hebrew was spoken. In THIS IS MY GOD, at the suggestion of a rabbi friend, Wouk, the son of Russian immigrants, wrote about his Jewish heritage and its importance in his life. Here Wouk tells what it means for him to be a Jew, and also writes about his family background, particularly his father and his grandfather. He explains Jewish practice and ritual from his own perspective, including the history and ...
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"Herman Wouk was a literary giant of the post World War II fiction genre. But at one point, in the later days of his life, he sat down and wrote a book from his heart about his religion. It is undoubtedly the simplest yet most comprehensive work on Judaism that it has been my pleasure to read. Written as a devouit believer who felt that hsi religion was something that far transcended the Holacaust, having meaning and merit for all peoples to understand and admire. Using all of his writers skills he lays out the beliefs and rituals of the Jewish peoples in terms to which all peoples can relate. I have been a great admirer of the Jewish peoples ever since my school years and cherish the friendships I have had and still have with my Jewsih brethern. Upon reading you may well feel the same."
"Okay - I didn't actually read the large print version - my eyes aren't that bad yet. :-) You might remember Herman Wouk as the writer of Winds of War and such. This is a great book for the lay person of non-Jewish background who is interested in understanding the Jewish faith.
Wouk wrote this orginally in 1959 after a secular friend asked him if he knew any good books about Hanukah as he wanted his son to learn about his heritage. It is an enjoable read written with a light hand and no small amount of warmth and affection. Wouk makes the inscruitable very understandable."
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