Language:
English
Year of publication:
2001
Titel der Quelle:
Judaism; a Journal of Jewish Life & Thought
Angaben zur Quelle:
50,1 (2001) 53-59
Keywords:
Baeck, Leo,
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
Abstract:
Recalls the spiritual resistance of Leo Baeck, the acknowledged leader of German Jewry, to the Nazis via his continued teaching, preaching, and remaining with his people throughout the Holocaust (including in Theresienstadt). Blames the world and the Germans for not toppling Hitler's regime when it might have been possible, even as late as the "Kristallnacht" pogrom. Attributes Baeck's postwar silence about Nazi crimes to a desire to help Judaism survive. Argues, however, that now that these crimes are known, some Jews ignore or minimize them. Includes among the latter American Reform Jews at their 1999 Central Conference of American Rabbis. Implies that the Conference should have been held in Jerusalem, which symbolizes the Law of Return, with Israel being a refuge for all Jews, the refuge that did not exist during the Holocaust. Calls for Jewish unity and an effort to attract Jews to Israel from all over the world.
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