This Is My God: The Jewish Way of Life
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This is My God is a non-fiction book by Herman Wouk, first published in 1959. The book summarizes many key aspects of Judaism and is intended for both a Jewish and non-Jewish audience. The author, who served in the United States Navy and is a Pulitzer Prize winning novelist, writes from a Modern Orthodox perspective.
[edit] Key topics
- Jewish history
- Shabbat
- High Holy Days
- Minor Holy Days (9th of Av, Purim, Hanukkah)
- Jewish Prayer
- Kashrut (Dietary laws)
- Torah
- Talmud
- Orthodox Judaism
- Reform Judaism
- Israel
- Zionism. "Zionism is a single long action, of snatching great masses of people out of the path of sure extinction." [1]
[edit] References
- ^ This is My God, page 264, first edition (1959), published by Doubleday, Garden City.
[edit] Additional Source
- This is my God (1988) by Herman Wouk. ISBN 0316955078 (This edition is published by Little, Brown, and Company.)
