June 4, 2015, - 7:19 pm
VIDEO: Belated Happy 100th to Herman Wouk, Great American Writer/Patriot
Herman Wouk, the great American writer (of both fiction and non-), turned 100, last week–on May 27th to be exact. And I didn’t get to it then. But yesterday, my friend Adam Taxin, a three-time “Jeopardy” winner and a very sharp conservative commentator and social media activist extraordinaire had me come on to his show to jibe me about it and discuss Wouk. Watch the video . . .
By the way, even though I call Wouk a conservative in the video–and I’m not the first, as he’s recognized as a neo-conservative by many–he apparently gave a few small campaign donations to liberal Dems back in 2002. That said, he’s a tremendous patriot with conservative values. And he joined the U.S. Navy, serving in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
As I noted in the video, whenever someone asks me how they can learn about Judaism, I recommend “This Is My G-d” by Wouk. It’s the best book in my view (and that of my late Dad’s) in explaining our religion. And he mastered the historical novel several times over. Wouk will soon release his memoir.
Some trivia: his late brother, Victor, was a pioneer in electric and hybrid cars.
Happy Belated 100th, Herman Wouk.
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Thanks, Adam, for the interview. Adam and I plan to do more of these in the future. Stay tuned.
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I think that one of Herman Wouk’s greatest achievements was helping promote the increased acceptance of Jews after World War II. Of course there were a number of reasons why Jewish people gained increased acceptance in the 50s, but Wouk’s books played a key role. Unlike some other Jewish writers, Wouk did not come across as a snob, or an elitist.
BTW, I thought The Caine Mutiny was an excellent movie. I would have been interested in the reasons Adam Taxin did not think so. For what it’s worth, Leonard Maltin gives it four stars, something he does for very few movies.
Little Al on June 4, 2015 at 8:27 pm