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`The Will To Live On'

In his latest book, Herman Wouk returns
to an examination of his faith and
commitment to Judaism.

the Bible, Talmud and Kabbala.
Finally, he examines the present Jewish
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global scene, marveling at "the trou-
bled wonder" of Israel and examining
1ff ore than 40 years ago,
a "remarkable, though dwindling,
Herman Wouk pub-
American Jewry." The book is filled
lished an exploration of
with anecdotes culled from his inter-
his faith titled This Is
esting career and peppered with
My God. "I was something of a freak
encounters of Jewish luminaries in the
in American literary circles," he
arts and politics.
recalls, "a youngish novelist and play-
A still-observant Jew, Wouk writes
wright, subject of a Time cover story,
that some of his thinking has changed,
who kept kosher, observed the
and that his "belief ig
a supernatural God
and Torah" is stronger
than before. He also
makes supportive corn-
ments about Jewish
women and learning.
"One of the true
breakthroughs of our
time in Yiddishkeit has
been the ever-growing
participation of girls
and women in serious
learning," he writes.
"There are those who
hold it an unwelcome
departure from former
ways. I could not dif-
fer more."
Throughout the
book Wouk expresses
concern about the fate
and future of
American Jewry.
"Under God, Israel
will endure," he writes.
"The Diaspora is
another matter. ...
Strong as is my Jewish
faith, the only thing
that frightens me is the
sheer arithmetic of our
Sabbath and studied the
Herman Wouk:
world predicament.
Talmud. I wrote This is My God
"Under God,
"Since the Holocaust
more or less to explain myself."
Israel will endure.
reduced
our numbers
Now, one of the most widely
The Diaspora is
by one-third, we have
read of American authors has
another matter."
barely been maintaining
once again written a book
our numerical presence
about his strong commitment to •
on earth, while the planet's population
Judaism, the just published The Will
has been exploding. Whether the
to Live On: This Is Our Heritage
globe can indefinitely support such
(HarperCollins; $25). The 84-year-old
crowding worries the futurists, but the
Wouk first explores the turbulent
Jewish arithmetic seems to me far
aftermath of the Holocaust through
more immediate and disquieting."
an overview of Jewish history. Next,
Up until now, he asserts, guilt
he surveys sacred literature, including

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