A review by bengresik
This is My God: A Guidebook to Judaism by Herman Wouk

5.0

I picked this book out on recommendation of my pastor because he referenced a story from it once in a conversation we had. The book is a primer on Judaism as it existed in the 1960's when Israel was new and the holocaust was an event fresh in the minds of Jews. Herman Wouk, a playwright and novelist, writes a general outline of the parts of the Jewish Faith he believes to be important, but he ends up giving a description of what is beautiful in Judaism. His description of his celebration of the Sabbath would make anyone want to copy this pattern, he makes the Talmud sound so full of wonder that you want to start learning Hebrew. At every page even if you have no interest in religion, Wouk helps you to understand what is beautiful about it and worth preserving. I think that's a great accomplishment for an author.