The impact of the Holocaust on Jewish theology
By: edited by Steven T. Katz
Contributors: Katz, Steven T., 1944-
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: Holocaust (Jewish theology) -- Congresses; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence -- Congresses; Israel -- History -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses
Notes: Contains papers presented at 2 conferences entitled "Jewish thought after the Holocaust," held in Ashkelon, Israel, in 1999 and 2001

Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Table of contents: title: Is there a religious meaning to the idea of a chosen people after the Shoah? / Eliezer Schweid; title: The issue of confirmation and disconfirmation in Jewish thought after the Shoah / Steven T. Katz; title: Philosophical and midrashic thinking on the fateful events of Jewish history / Joseph A. Turner; title: The Holocaust : lessons, explanation, meaning / Shalom Rosenberg; title: Between Holocaust and redemption : silence, cognition, and eclipse / Gershon Greenberg; title: Ultra-Orthodox Jewish thought about the Holocaust since World War II : the radicalized aspect / Gershon Greenberg; title: Theological reflections on the Holocaust : between unity and controversy / Michael Rosenak; title: Building amidst devastation : halakhic historical observations on marriage during the Holocaust / Esther Faberstein; title: Two Jewish approaches to evil in history / Warren Zev Harvey; title: A call to humility and Jewish unity in the aftermath of the Holocaust / Shmuel Jakobovits; title: Is there a religious meaning to the rebirth of the state of Israel after the Shoah? / Shalom Ratzabi; title: The concept of exile as a model for dealing with the Holocaust / Yehoyada Amir; title: Is there a theological connection between the Holocaust and the reestablishment of the state of Israel? / David Novak; title: The Holocaust and the state of Israel : a historical view of their impact on and meaning for the understanding of the behavior of Jewish religious movements / Dan Michman; title: Theology and the Holocaust : the presence of God and divin[e] Providence in history from the perspective of the Holocaust / Yosef Achituv; title: Educational implications of Holocaust and rebirth / Tova Ilan