The will to live on
Subtitle: this is our heritage
By: Herman Wouk
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Cliff Street Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Judaism -- History; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence; Judaism -- 20th century; Judaism -- United States
Other titles: This is our heritage
Description: "Forty years ago, in his modern classic This Is My God, Herman Wouk stated the case for his religious beliefs and conduct. His aim in that work and in The Will to Live On has been to break through the crust of prejudice, to reawaken clearheaded thought about the magnificent Jewish patrimony, and to convey a message of hope for Jewish survival.".

"Although the Torah and the Talmud are timeless, the twentieth century has brought earthquake shocks to the Jews: the apocalyptic experience of the Holocaust, the reborn Jewish state, the precarious American diaspora, and deepening religious schisms. After a lifetime of study, Herman Wouk examines the changes affecting the Jewish world, especially the troubled wonder of Israel, and the remarkable, though dwindling, American Jewry.

The book is peppered with wonderful stories of the author's encounters with such luminaries as Ben Gurion, Isidor Rabi, Yitzhak Rabin, Saul Bellow, and Richard Feynman."--BOOK JACKET.