European Judaism (Vol. 19, No. 2 / Spring 1985).

Friedlander, Albert H.

Amsterdam: Athenaeum / Polak & Van Gennep, 1985

Dr. Friedlander argues that the Jewish people must move out of the shadow of the Holocaust. He insists that the Jewish emphasis on the Holocaust is not a plea for sympathy, but as George Steiner has said, "We are our own remembrancers". The evil that caused those deaths is still in the world. Now there is a new generation entering the 21st century. Jews must move beyond the trauma of a suppressed past which endures within the dark corners of the psyche. The author enters into a dialogue with the great Jewish thinkers and writers of our time - Primo Levi, Bruno Bettelheim, Elie Wiesel, George Steiner and tries in his exploration to move towards a concept of humanity which includes evil as a component of our make up, which sees the glory of human existence in winning partial victories against darkness and which celebrates the hope that even a journey moving into darkness has dimensions of hope within itself. Albert Friedlander is the Rabbi of Westminster Synagogue in London. He is lecturer at Leo Baeck College and is in constant demand as a lecturer and broadcaster. He is the author of a number of books including a biography of Leo Baeck.

Riders Towards the Dawn: From Ultimate Suffering to Tempered Hope (History and Politics)

Religion & Spirituality

Judaism

Constable

Leo Baeck - teacher of Theresienstadt (The Littman library of Jewish civilization)

Routledge and Kegan Paul

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Out of the Whirlwind

Literature & Fiction

Schocken

This classic anthology of literature from the Holocaust has been revised and expanded to include more than 40 accounts that stand as testimony to the broad range of experiences of the Holocaust. Organized thematically, Out of the Whirlwind includes excerpts from Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's Hitler's Willing Executioners, Art Spiegelman's Maus, Primo Levi's The Drowned and the Saved, and many others.

Out of the Whirlwind: A Reader of Holocaust Literature

Landau, Jacob

History & Criticism

Union Amer Hebrew Congregation

The Jewish people, argues Rabbi Friedlander, have to move out of the shadow of the Holocaust. But what the world has not understood is that the Jewish emphasis upon the Holocaust is not a plea for sympathy; rather, as George Steiner has said, "We are our own remembrancers." What Jews want the world to remember is the evil that caused those deaths and which is still endemic in the world. Now there is a new generation, living in the time after the Holocaust, entering the twenty-first century. Jews must move beyond the trauma of a suppressed past which endures within the dark corners of the psyche. But, argues Dr. Friedlander, we must listen to the messengers who come out of the darkness and are their own message even when they are silent. In this book he enters into a dialogue with the great Jewish thinkers and writers of our time - with Primo Levi, Bruno Bettelheim, Elie Wiesel - and tries in his exploration to move toward a concept of humanity which includes evil as a component of our makeup, which sees the glory of human existence in winning partial victories against darkness, and which celebrates the hope that even a journey moving into darkness has dimensions of hope within itself. Riders Towards the Dawn is a highly original contribution toward a new understanding of Judaism and Jewish thought as we approach a new century. It will be read by Jews and non-Jews alike, and will create controversy and widespread debate.

Riders Towards the Dawn: From Holocaust to Hope

Continuum Intl Pub Group

As Israelis and Arabs try to reach a settlement, this timely study offers a valuable historical dimension, from the Jewish point of view, to the main issue involved - the idea of peace. The authors maintain that peace has always played an important role in Jewish thought, that in fact Judaism as a religion is characterized by the striving for peace. They reach this conclusion after examining a variety of sources, ranging from the biblical texts of Old Israel to the Talmudic tradition and Jewish philosophy of religion up until the twentieth century.

The Gate to Perfection: The Idea of Peace in Jewish Thought

Homolka, Walter

Leo Baeck: Teacher of Theresienstadt

Biographies & Memoirs

Professionals & Academics

Overlook Books

Business & Money

Marketing & Sales

There is no doubt about Baeck's contribution to Jewish theology in the twentieth century: it has been significant. Without ever departing completely from the ancient wellsprings of orthodoxy, he was a studious observer of the intellectual currents of his time and ambience; under theinfluence of liberal Jewish theology, he drew on and reworked those currents, weaving them into his own theological thought. A special aspect of Baeck's work is that he remained in critical confrontation with Christianity throughout his life, acting as a kind of builder of bridges between the two faiths." (From the Introduction.) It is on this aspect that the author focuses his study inwhich he examines Leo Baeck's critical evaluation of Martin Luther and Protestantism. At the same time Homolka shows how close the intellectual links between liberal Christian and liberal Jewish theology had become before the Holocaust: both sides attempted a new definition of the "essence" of their faiths and were searching for a new identity in an increasingly pluralistic and secular society.

Jewish Identity in Modern Times: Leo Baeck and German Protestantism (European Judaism (Hardcover))

History

World

Berghahn Books

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