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People of the Book

Author: Meryl Ain

On People of the Book, award-winning author Meryl Ain chats with notable authors, and brings you the best in books with Jewish content. From novels to memoirs to short stories to scholarly tomes, we cover a wide range of reads. Our freewheeling conversations are thought provoking and intimate. They span historical themes, contemporary issues, the writing process, and the influences that inspire and empower writers to tell their stories and share them with the world.
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Jeff Weiss: FIGHTING BACK, Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force
Episode 59
Thursday, 18 December, 2025

Meryl chats with Jeff Weiss about his book, Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force, which he co-wrote with his brother, Craig Weiss. The book tells the story of Stan Andrews, an assimilated American Jew and World War II veteran, who became one of the first fighter pilots in the history of the Israeli Air Force.Jeff Weiss is the co-author of Fighting Back: Stan Andrews and the birth of the Israeli Air Force, and also I Am My Brother’s Keeper: American Volunteers in Israel’s War for Independence. He is featured in the 2014 Nancy Spielberg documentary “Above and Beyond” about American members of the Israel Air Force in 1948. He’s also the author of Racing Against Time, a 2025 fitness memoir. In addition to undergraduate and law degrees, Jeff holds Master’s degrees in International Law (Georgetown University Law Center) and in Biotechnology (Johns Hopkins University). He made Aliyah in 2022 and lives in Tel Aviv.Website: www.fightingback.com/Amazon: a.co/d/3gGjltiWebsite: merylain.com/www.facebook.com/PeopleOfTheBookWithMerylAinfacebook.com/MerylAinAuthor/www.facebook.com/groups/455865462463744Copyright by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network#AuthorsOnTheAir #AuthorsOnTheAirGlobalRadioNetwork #AOTA #JeffWeiss #JeffreyWeiss #CraigWeiss #StanAndrews #FightingBack #1948 #IsraeliAirForce #TheBirthOfTheIsraeliAirForce #IsraelWarOfIndependence #TheJewishPeople #WWII #IsraelDefenseForces #AmericanJewsAndIsrael #JewishObservance #Antisemitism #ResearchProcess #Israel #October7 #HostageRelease #Trauma #StickersOfMeaning #VolunteerSpiritInIsrael #Community #UnitedStates #AboveAndBeyond #NancySpielberg #NaomiShemer #JewishIdentity #IAmMyBrothersKeeper #RacingAgainstTime #PeopleoftheBook #MerylAin #TheTakeawayMen #ShadowsWeCarry #RememberToEat #LetsTalkJewishBooks #JewsLoveToRead!

 

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