Jews Reconcile the Holocaust
I believe that most people, both Jews and non-Jews alike, have had difficulty reconciling the evil of the Holocaust. I feel that for most people, but especially for Jews, that it has been most important for them to hold onto their faith, as it has been their faith that has survived, along with them, their history of suffering, oppression and genocide. While the Holocaust has made some Jews question how God could allow such atrocities to happen to His people, most Jews turned toward their faith rather than away from it.Essential belief in Judaism is the belief in one powerful all-loving God, who is everywhere and in all things. Since the early patriarchs, Jews have spiritually changed with their history, though the central beliefs have remained the same as seen through the Torah. For instance, you can see why spiritual changes were reflected in the rabbinical, Kabbalah and Hasidism movements relative to their circumstance. I feel these spiritual changes were made in order to reconcile the Jews circumstances at that particular time in their history. For example, Hasidism, "the
The Covenant was viewed as a "burnt sacrifice" and as Elie Wiesel believed, it was important that the world never forget the Holocaust; the world needed to remember and learn from this so that it would never happen again. This would be the "benefit to all nations" as promised in the Covenant. (Study Guide, pgs. 54&55) The story of Job parallels the Jews during the Holocaust. Job shows that believers in God are not exempt from difficulty, pain and suffering. In conclusion, we must love God regardless of whether he blesses us or allows us suffering. Those who endure testing of their faith experience God's reward in the end. The end reward does not necessarily apply to life here on earth because this life is not the final destiny. (Book of Job, Life Application Bible) path of ecstatic piety," (Living Religions, pg. 244) was developed in poverty stricken Poland and the Ukraine where they lived under legal restrictions and always in fear of their lives and they had little else but their religion. Another way the Jews reconciled the suffering of the Holocaust was to turn to th
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