Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
1993
Titel der Quelle:
גשר; כתב-עת לעניינים יהודיים
Angaben zur Quelle:
127-128 (תשנד)
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Jews History 1945-
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Influence
;
Holocaust (Jewish theology)
Abstract:
Presents responses to a set of eight questions sent to nine Jewish scholars and communal leaders. The questions deal with relations between Jews and Germans, and Germany and Israel - in the present and looking to the future. A large part of the discussion deals with the place of the Holocaust in these relations. Following are some of the conclusions: Although Israel has normal diplomatic relations with Germany, Jews throughout the world have little contact with Germans and tend to shun Germany as a vacation site. The Jewish community in Germany is seen as an anomaly, with little influence on global German-Jewish relations; the Jews in Germany are not accepted as fellow Germans by the general population, nor will they be accepted in future if the present xenophobic trend continues. The strengthening of the political Right is more worrisome than sporadic neo-Nazi outbursts. Germany has a right to criticize Israeli policies, just as Israel has a right to criticize German policies, according to diplomatic norms, but each side is at present sensitive to what the other says and does, remembering the past. In time, the memory of Holocaust events will wane, a "normalization" of the view of the Holocaust will occur throughout the world (although Jews will always view it as a unique event), and it is and will be incumbent upon educators to convey the memory of the Holocaust and its lessons to future generations. The respondents were: Eliezer Schweid, Isi Leibler, Alfred Gottschalk, Michael A. Meyer, Shlomo Aronson, Abraham Peck, Arthur Hertzberg, Geoffrey Alderman, Ernst Ludwig Ehrlich.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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