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I’m not well versed in yiddish but aparently the name “Airman” translates to a yiddish word that means “To disregard the practical matters of life”
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Dr. Dani Sanchez Dec 3

“Marjorie Morningstar” (1958) is based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Herman Wouk, who’s mostly remembered for his historical fiction. Natalie Wood was a huge fan of it. You can read it for free here (https://archive.org/details/marjoriemornings0000unse_s1s5/page/n5/mode/2up)
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Arpad Nagy Dec 6, 2024

A brief review of Herman Wouk's double-volume Israeli epic, The Hope and The Glory, audiobooks, and why I so highly regard this great American author.
https://medium.com/the-book-cafe/the-hope-and-the-glory-and-other-stories-from-herman-wouk-that-raised-the-roof-in-an-antisemitic-43dd7d9187c8
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The Hope and The Glory and Other Stories from Herman Wouk That Raised the Roof in an Antisemitic Home

I abhor ‘trigger warnings.’ My fingers twinge, and the backs of my teeth tingle as if I’d struck a tuning fork from merely writing those two words, but in this instance, I’m making an exception. So…

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