Jewish return into history: reflections in the age of Auschwitz and a new Jerusalem

Focuses upon two of the three critical periods in Jewish history since the destruction of the Temple - the Holocaust and the rebirth of the State of Israel. Some of the 17 essays included cover such topics as "Jewish faith and the Holocaust," "The Nazi Holocaust as a persisting trauma for the non-Jewish Mind, and "The Holocaust and the State of Israel: their relationship." The overriding theme of these essays is the relationship between the Holocaust and the emergence of Israel as a nation