Language:
English
Year of publication:
1989
Titel der Quelle:
European Judaism
Angaben zur Quelle:
22,1 (1989) 38-44
Keywords:
Fackenheim, Emil L.
Abstract:
Summarizes the main points of Fackenheim's philosophy on the meaning of the Holocaust. The Voice at Sinai and the Voice at Auschwitz are analogous in their singularity, their magnitude, and their centrality to Jewish experience. The Voice at Auschwitz commands the Jewish people to survive as Jews, to remember the victims, and not despair of man or the God of Israel, lest Judaism perish and render a posthumous victory to the forces of Auschwitz. Criticizes the apparent contradiction in Fackenheim's contention that the midrashic tradition and even, perhaps, the covenant at Sinai were broken by the Holocaust while maintaining that Sinai and Auschwitz are nevertheless linked in an unbroken tradition. Takes issue with his belief that since Auschwitz the traditional concept of "Kiddush ha-Shem" (Jewish martyrdom) is no longer possible.
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