( Off topic ) The Lawgiver : Herman Wouk
The Lawgiver: A Novel: Herman Wouk: 9781451699388: Amazon.com: Books.
( I am proud of and deeply love my father, so… – JW )
Coming November 13, 2012
For more than fifty years, legendary author Herman Wouk has dreamed of writing a novel about the life of Moses. Finally, at age ninety-seven, he has found an ingeniously witty way to tell the tale in The Lawgiver, a romantic and suspenseful epistolary novel about a group of people trying to make a movie about Moses in the present day. The story emerges from letters, memos, e-mails, journals, news articles, recorded talk, Skype transcripts, and text messages.
At the center of The Lawgiver is Margo Solovei, a brilliant young writer-director who has rejected her rabbinical father’s strict Jewish upbringing to pursue a career in the arts. When an Australian multibillionaire promises to finance a movie about Moses if the script meets certain standards, Margo does everything she can to land the job, including a reunion with her estranged first love, an influential lawyer with whom she still has unfinished business.
Two other key characters in the novel are Herman Wouk himself and his wife of more than sixty years, Betty Sarah, who, almost against their will, find themselves entangled in the Moses movie when the Australian billionaire insists on Wouk’s stamp of approval.
As Wouk and his characters contend with Moses and marriage, and the force of tradition, rebellion, and reunion, The Lawgiver reflects the wisdom of a lifetime. Inspired by the great nineteenth-century novelists, one of America’s most beloved twentieth-century authors has now written a remarkable twenty-first-century work of fiction.
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WarSclerotic 
September 21, 2012 at 3:40 PM
What! A wityy, fictional book about The Prophet Moshe! I am so upset I’m gonna go burn my Peugeot and riot outside the Amelakite embassy!
Sarge
September 21, 2012 at 5:36 PM
Amazing! Your dad is 97 years young and is still going strong. You are truly a lucky guy. My dad passed at 87 back in 2009 and I was so lucky to be close to him in his final years. He used to come to my office and hang out for a hour or so every week. Little did he know that I recorded a lot his visits on tape. Listening to the tapes after his passing is comforting and makes me feel he is still around. I recommend this to anyone in a similar situation. It took over a year after his death before I could listen to them, but I’m so glad to have them now.
September 22, 2012 at 6:46 AM
You are a very, very blessed man, Joseph to have parents like this !
May you and your family – may the people of Israel be further blessed and may the mighty hands of Israels God deliver Israel from its enemies and give Israel true peace !
September 24, 2012 at 3:38 AM
JW – The movie 2016 is online for free. Pass it along. Here’s the link:
A must see to understand what we are up against with Obama as president. It’s a legal copy and was released for all to see before the upcoming election. It’s shocking to say the least. Be advised that in this movie, one conclusion about Obama is that he will NOT help Israel.
September 24, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Crap! I saw it last night. Apparantly there was more money to make on the thing or someone spoofed viewers into thinking it was a legal release. In any event, I watched the whole hour and one half. I strongly recommend everyone see it soon.