Wrestling with God: Jewish Theological Responses during and after the HolocaustSteven T. Katz, Shlomo Biderman, Gershon Greenberg Oxford University Press, 2007 M01 4 - 704 pages This volume presents a wide-ranging selection of Jewish theological responses to the Holocaust. It will be the most complete anthology of its sort, bringing together for the first time: (1) a large sample of ultra-orthodox writings, translated from the Hebrew and Yiddish; (2) a substantial selection of essays by Israeli authors, also translated from the Hebrew; (3) a broad sampling of works written in English by American and European authors. These diverse selections represent virtually every significant theological position that has been articulated by a Jewish thinker in response to the Holocaust. Included are rarely studied responses that were written while the Holocaust was happening. |
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... destroy him. For H.arlap, the outburst of Amalek's evil in a final attempt to destroy Israel meant his self-annihilation— along with all of the history polluted by him. In the Ulm DP camp, Bentsiyon Firer wrote that Amalek was out to ...
... destroy him. For H.arlap, the outburst of Amalek's evil in a final attempt to destroy Israel meant his self-annihilation— along with all of the history polluted by him. In the Ulm DP camp, Bentsiyon Firer wrote that Amalek was out to ...
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... destroyed. Having entered Israel's tragic history then, the God who was eternal remained present for all tragedies to come—His eternity bonding with catastrophic time. Tsimerman wrote that God always shared in Israel's affliction (see ...
... destroyed. Having entered Israel's tragic history then, the God who was eternal remained present for all tragedies to come—His eternity bonding with catastrophic time. Tsimerman wrote that God always shared in Israel's affliction (see ...
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... destroyed it to make way for a new generation. Tsimerman, who attacked pious Jews for failing to sufficiently support the Yishuv (the Jewish community in Palestine), declared: ''On account of this trespass specifically, that of not ...
... destroyed it to make way for a new generation. Tsimerman, who attacked pious Jews for failing to sufficiently support the Yishuv (the Jewish community in Palestine), declared: ''On account of this trespass specifically, that of not ...
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... destroyed by His tears. If the Jew contemplated God's unlimited suffering, his individual pain would fall away. Holy. Fire. -. Shlomoh Zalman Unsdorfer Shlomoh Zalman Unsdorfer (1888–1944) of Bratislava (Slovakia). Ekev 9 (Deuteronomy 7:12 ...
... destroyed by His tears. If the Jew contemplated God's unlimited suffering, his individual pain would fall away. Holy. Fire. -. Shlomoh Zalman Unsdorfer Shlomoh Zalman Unsdorfer (1888–1944) of Bratislava (Slovakia). Ekev 9 (Deuteronomy 7:12 ...
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... destroyed. What is happening now will affect the future, because from now on there will be a shortage of young men to learn Torah. How many of them are gone, incomprehensibly murdered or starved to death, may the Merciful One protect us ...
... destroyed. What is happening now will affect the future, because from now on there will be a shortage of young men to learn Torah. How many of them are gone, incomprehensibly murdered or starved to death, may the Merciful One protect us ...
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Israeli Responses during and following the War | 203 |
European and American Responses during and following the War | 353 |
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