The will to live on : this is our heritage / Herman Wouk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wouk, Herman, 1915-2019.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judaism--History.

Judaism.

History.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Influence.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Judaism--20th century.

Judaism--United States.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 308 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

This is our heritage

Place of Publication:

New York : Cliff Street Books, [2000]

Summary:

From the author of "The Caine Mutiny" and other classics comes a companion volume to "This Is My God, " which deals with the apocalyptic 20th-century Jewish experience from the perspective of its long history and rich tradition.

Contents:

Part I Searching the Wreckage

1 The Rebbe and the Historian 11

2 Running on Empty 23

3 The First Destruction 35

4 The Second Destruction 45

5 The Third Destruction: I 57

6 The Third Destruction: II 73

7 Retrospect 85

Part II The Heritage, or The Power of a Dream

8 Zaideh and the Humanist 91

9 The Sacred Story 105

10 The Fathers 121

11 The Law 133

12 Nakh: The Prophets and the Writings 147

13 The Talmud and I 157

14 Kabbalah 173

15 Yiddish and Yiddishkeit 191

16 Ivrit and Zionism 207

17 Yossi 225

Part III The Jewish Resurgence

18 The Miracle 233

19 America: The Whispering Ember 249

20 The Breath of the Children 263.

ISBN:

0060196084

OCLC:

42680319