Non­fic­tion

Love, Norm: Inspi­ra­tion of a Jew­ish Amer­i­can Fight­er Pilot

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September 1, 2021

Norm Shul­man’s rela­tion­ship with his step­son Greg Lev­en­son had always been sta­ble and warm, but it altered when Greg decid­ed to enlist in the Air Force at age 27. This unex­pect­ed deci­sion brought them even clos­er togeth­er, and Norm came to real­ize that his whole fam­i­ly his­to­ry had much sup­port to offer Greg. Cog­nizant of past anti­se­mit­ic stereo­types per­sist­ing about Jew­ish par­tic­i­pa­tion in the mil­i­tary, Norm want­ed to help pre­pare Greg to feel com­fort­able in his own iden­ti­ty. So, Norm decid­ed to write let­ters that con­nect­ed Greg to the many Jew­ish mil­i­tary heroes who had pre­ced­ed him. Love, Norm is a mul­ti­fac­eted retelling of inspi­ra­tional pro­files of famous Jew­ish fight­ers from across his­to­ry, and it is also the sin­gu­lar sto­ry of how one man dug into his own past and found pieces to pre­serve his Jew­ish iden­ti­ty. Togeth­er, empa­thet­i­cal­ly chan­neled through his heart­felt let­ters and remem­brances, Love, Norm shares a col­lect­ed wis­dom with the next generation.

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