Seeking the fire in the ashes: a Chasidic accounting for evil from the midst of evil after the evil of Auschwitz
TitleSeeking the fire in the ashes: a Chasidic accounting for evil from the midst of evil after the evil of Auschwitz
Author
Call number231.76/0008
Object number04653k
Place of publicationSeattle, Washington State , United States
PublisherUniversity of Washington Press
Year of publication
2005
Physical descriptionpp 272-298
MaterialArticle
Series titleThe Pastora Goldner series in Post-Holocaust studies
ISBN029598547X
NotesArticle from the book 'Fire in the ashes' pp272-298
Description
Offers a view of what makes a Jewish response to the assault precisely Jewish. Patterson sees the sanctity of Torah as a defining feature of a Jewish response. Rabbi Shapira's value for post -Holocaust Jewish thought lies in his devotion to tradition as a means of transforming tradition.