Language:
English
Year of publication:
2003
Titel der Quelle:
Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
17,3 (2003) 430-458
Keywords:
Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi
;
ha-Poʻel ha-mizraḥi
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Foreign public opinion, Eretz Israel
;
Holocaust (Jewish theology)
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Religious Zionism
Abstract:
The wartime response of religious Zionists in Palestine to the Holocaust, rather than being sustained or systematic, was spontaneous, often being expressed in the daily press. They saw the tribulations of the Jewish people as signs of redemption, heralding the Messiah. Although this perspective was shared with some ultra-Orthodox rabbis, religious Zionists stressed that Jews should act by settling in the Land of Israel. Initially, religious Zionists also shared the retributive punishment model, i.e. the view that the Jews were being punished by God. The tendency among both groups of religious Jews to resort to complex explanations or more than one model indicates the inadequacy of any single one. However, they shared the conclusion that the Holocaust did not present a new challenge to faith. In the postwar period, the reward-punishment model has been rejected by members of both groups. One reaction resorts to the "hester panim" (divine hiddenness) explanation.
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