Language:
English
Year of publication:
1999
Titel der Quelle:
Journal of Ecumenical Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
36,3-4 (1999) 470-479
Keywords:
Gandhi,
;
Buber, Martin,
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Zionism Philosophy
;
Antisemitism Philosophy
Abstract:
Discusses a letter sent to Gandhi by Martin Buber in February 1939 in response to Gandhi's essay, "Zionism and Anti-Semitism", published in November 1938 in the journal "Harijan". Gandhi criticized Zionism, Judaism, and the Jews of Germany for failing to adopt non-violent resistance and accept martyrdom joyfully. Such a stance would have contradicted basic Jewish values and would also have been futile. Gandhi's advice was based on a false comparison between the situation of the Indians in South Africa at the beginning of the 20th century and the Jews in Nazi Germany. Buber attempted to convey to Gandhi that his views were mistaken due to ignorance and myopia in regard to the Jews, the Nazis, and Jewish history, but he failed. Gandhi seems to have ignored Buber's letter. Views Gandhi's attempt to impose his Hindu beliefs on the situation of the Jews as "spiritual imperialism". Gandhi did not change his perspective even after the Holocaust, as indicated by his repetition of the same views in an essay written in 1946.
Note:
Buber's criticism of Gandhi's anti-Jewish essay "Zionism and Anti-Semitism" (1938).
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