Freedom journeys : the tale of Exodus and wilderness across millennia / Arthur Ocean Waskow and Phyllis Ocean Berman.
Arthur Ocean Waskow 1933-
BookIn the fifty years since the Holocaust, the Jewish People have felt one overriding concern: survival. The ghosts of the murdered six million, along with the living generation of survivors, have called out the unifying chant, ""never again."" In 1948, this concern found a second focus in the state of Israel, the ultimate refuge of Jews worldwide. But Rabbi Michael Goldberg finds that these twin pillars of Jewish identity are brittle, and have already begun to crumble; they will not be enough to support or sustain the next generation. The time has come to answer the question: Why should Jews sur
Title |
Why Should Jews Survive? [electronic resource] : Looking Past the Holocaust toward a Jewish Future |
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Publisher |
Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA |
Creation Date |
1996 |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. English |
Content |
Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Preface Contents 1. A Tale of Two Stories: Exodus vs. Holocaust 2. Surviving the Holocaust: What Survived? How? And Nu . . . ? 3. The Holocaust Cult 4. Is the Only Good God a Dead God? 5. A New Sinai, a New Torah, and the 614th Commandment 6. The Household of Israel: Is Anybody Home Besides Anne Frank and Eleazar ben Ya'ir? 7. Why Should Jews Survive? Glossary Index |
Extent |
1 online resource (325 p.) |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
997010712213905171 |
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