{"product_id":"god-faith-identity-from-the-ashes-reflections-of-children-and-grandchildren-of-holocaust-survivors","title":"God, Faith \u0026 Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors","description":"A Powerful, Life-Affirming New Perspective on the Holocaust\nAlmost ninety children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors―theologians, scholars, spiritual leaders, authors, artists, political and community leaders and media personalities―from sixteen countries on six continents reflect on how the memories transmitted to them have affected their lives. Profoundly personal stories explore faith, identity and legacy in the aftermath of the Holocaust as well as our role in ensuring that future genocides and similar atrocities never happen again.\nThere have been many books and studies about children of Holocaust survivors―the so-called second and third generations―with a psycho-social focus. This book is different. It is intended to reflect what they believe, who they are and how that informs what they have done and are doing with their lives.\nFrom major religious or intellectual explorations to shorter commentaries on experiences, quandaries and cultural, political and personal affirmations, almost ninety contributors from sixteen countries respond to this question: how have your parents' and grandparents' experiences and examples helped shape your identity and your attitudes toward God, faith, Judaism, the Jewish people and the world as a whole?\nFor people of all faiths and backgrounds, these powerful and deeply moving statements will have a profound effect on the way our and future generations understand and shape their understanding of the Holocaust.\nPraise from Pope Francis for Menachem Rosensaft's essay reconciling God's presence with the horrors of the Holocaust:\n\"When you, with humility, are telling us where God was in that moment, I felt within me that you had transcended all possible explanations and that, after a long pilgrimage―sometimes sad, tedious or dull―you came to discover a certain logic and it is from there that you were speaking to us; the logic of First Kings 19:12, the logic of that 'gentle breeze' (I know that it is a very poor translation of the rich Hebrew expression) that constitutes the only possible hermeneutic interpretation.\n\"Thank you from my heart. And, please, do not forget to pray for me. May the Lord bless you.\"\n―His Holiness Pope Francis\n\nContributors:\nJustice Rosalie Silberman Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada\nHistorian Ilya Altman, cofounder and cochairman, Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center, Moscow\nNew York Times reporter and author Joseph Berger, New York\nHistorian Eleonora Bergman, former director, Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw\nVivian Glaser Bernstein, former cochief, Group Programmes Unit, United Nations Department of Public Information, New York\nMichael Brenner, professor of Jewish history and culture, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich; chair in Israel studies, American University, \u2028Washington, DC\nNovelist and poet Lily Brett, winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Award, New York\nNew York Times deputy national news editor and former Jerusalem bureau chief\u2028 Ethan Bronner, New York\nStephanie Butnick, associate editor, Tablet Magazine, New York\nRabbi Chaim Zev Citron, \u2028Ahavas Yisroel Synagogue and Yeshiva Ohr \u2028Elchonon Chabad, Los Angeles\nDr. Stephen L. Comite, assistant clinical professor of dermatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York\nElaine Culbertson, director of a program taking American high school teachers to study Holocaust sites, New York\nFormer Israeli Minister of Internal Security and Shin Bet director Avi Dichter, Israel\nLawrence S. Elbaum, attorney, New York\nAlexis Fishman, Australian actor and \u2028singer\nShimon Koffler Fogel, CEO, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, Ottawa\nDr. Eva Fogelman, psychologist and author, New York\nAssociate Judge Karen \"Chaya\" \u2028Friedman of the Circuit Court of Maryland\nNatalie Friedman, dean of studies and senior class dean, Barnard College, New York\nMichael W. Grunberger, director of collections, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC\nDavid Harris, executive director, American Jewish Committee, New York\nAuthor Eva Hoffman, recipient of the Jean Stein Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, London\nRabbi Abie Ingber, executive director, Center for Interfaith Community Engagement, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH\nJosef Joffe, editor-publisher, Die Zeit, Germany\nRabbi Lody B. van de Kamp, author; former member of the Chief Rabbinate of Holland and the Conference of European Rabbis, Holland\nRabbi Lilly Kaufman, Torah Fund director, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York\nFilmmaker Aviva Kempner, \u2028Washington, DC\nCardiologist Dr. David N. Kenigsberg, Plantation, FL\nAuthor and Shalom Hartman Institute fellow Yossi Klein Halevi, Israel\nAttorney Faina Kukliansky, chairperson, Jewish Community of Lithuania, Vilnius\nRabbi Benny Lau, Ramban Synagogue, Jerusalem\nAmichai Lau-Lavie, founding director, Storahtelling, Israel\/New York\nPhilanthropist Jeanette Lerman-\u2028Neubauer, Philadelphia\nHariete Levy, insurance actuary, Paris\nAnnette Lévy-Willard, journalist and author, Paris\nRab\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 158023805X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: RDV.158023805X.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Rosensaft, Menachem Z.|Wiesel, Elie\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This book is in excellent condition. There may be minimal writing on the inside cover or cover page. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. 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