God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes

A powerful, life-affirming new perspective on the Holocaust available to coincide with the seventieth anniversary of the end of WWII and the liberation of the Nazi death and concentration camps by Allied troops.For the children and grandchildren of Holocaust (Shoah) survivors and refugees from Nazi [...]
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A powerful, life-affirming new perspective on the Holocaust available to coincide with the seventieth anniversary of the end of WWII and the liberation of the Nazi death and concentration camps by Allied troops.For the children and grandchildren of Holocaust (Shoah) survivors and refugees from Nazi persecution, the suffering and survival of their immediate ancestors and the annihilation of virtually their entire families have in large part shaped their perspectives on God, faith and Jewish identity. Their reflections on the memories transmitted to them and its effect on their lives will inform, challenge and inspire people of all faiths and backgrounds.While the collective legacy of Holocaust survivors and refugees belongs to the entire Jewish people, as well as all humankind, on an individual level this extremely personal and often idiosyncratic legacy was transmitted first and foremost by the survivors to their own children and grandchildren. There is no one form of this legacy. Some survivors spoke about their experiences in the ghettos and camps; others enveloped themselves and their families in a cloud of silence, shrouding their past in an aura of mystery and secrecy.There have been many books and studies about children of survivors the so-called Second and Third Generations with a psycho-social focus. This book is different. It is intended to reflect what they believe, who they are and how that informs what they are doing with their lives.There are eighty-eight contributors from a broad range of occupations and professions from theologians, scholars and spiritual leaders to authors, artists, political and community leaders and media personalities in sixteen countries on six continents. They represent the widest possible religious, political and ideological spectrum.Despite the contributor's diversity, common themes shine through. Intended for a popular audience of people of all faiths and backgrounds, these emotionally powerful, deeply moving statements will have a profound effect on the way our and future generations understand and shape their understanding of the Holocaust and their own personal identity in years to come.Contributors include: Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, of the Supreme Court of CanadaHistorian Ilya Altman, cofounder and cochairman, Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center, MoscowNew York Times reporter and author Joseph Berger, New YorkHistorian Eleonora Bergman, former director, Jewish Historical Institute, WarsawVivian Bernstein, former cochief, Group Programmes Unit, United Nations Department of Public Information, New YorkMichael Brenner, professor of Jewish history and culture, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich; and chair in Israel studies, American University, Washington, DCNovelist and poet Lily Brett, winner of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Award, New YorkNew York Times deputy national news editor and former Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner, New YorkStephanie Butnick, associate editor, Tablet Magazine, New YorkRabbi Chaim Ze'ev Citron, Ahavas Yisroel Synagogue and Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad, Los AngelesDr. Stephen Comite, assistant clinical professor of dermatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New YorkElaine Culbertson, director of a program taking American high school teachers to study Holocaust sites, New YorkFormer Israeli Minister of Internal Security and Shin Bet director Avi Dichter, IsraelLawrence Elbaum, attorney, New YorkAlexis Fishman, Australian actor and singerShimon Fogel, CEO, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, TorontoDr. Eva Fogelman, psychologist and author, New YorkAssociate Judge Karen "Chaya" Friedman of the Circuit Court of MarylandNatalie Friedman, dean of studies and senior class dean, Barnard College, New YorkMichael Grunberger, director of collections, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DCDavid Harris, executive director, American Jewish Committee, New YorkAuthor Eva Hoffman, recipient of the Jean Stein Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, LondonRabbi Abie Ingber, executive director, Center for Interfaith Community Engagement, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OHJosef Joffe, editor-publisher, Die Zeit, GermanyRabbi Lody van de Kamp, author, former member of the Chief Rabbinate of Holland and the Conference of European Rabbis, HollandRabbi Lilly Kaufman, Torah Fund director, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New YorkFilmmaker Aviva Kempner, Washington, DCCardiologist Dr. David N. Kenigsberg, Plantation, FLAuthor and Shalom Hartman Institute fellow Yossi Klein Halevi, IsraelStephan Kramer, former secretary- general, Central Council of Jews in GermanyAttorney Faina Kukliansky, chairperson, Jewish Community of Lithuania, VilniusRabbi Benny Lau, Ramban Synagogue, JerusalemAmichai Lau-Lavie, founding director, Storahtelling, Israel/New YorkPhilanthropist Jeanette Lerman- Neubauer, PhiladelphiaHariete Levy, insurance actuary, ParisAnnette Levy-Willard, journalist and author, ParisRabbi Mordechai Liebling, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, PhiladelphiaKnesset member Rabbi Dov Lipman, IsraelRabbi Michael Marmur, provost, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, JerusalemInternational banker Julius Meinl, president, Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, PragueKnesset member and former journalist Merav Michaeli, IsraelDavid Miliband, former foreign secretary, United Kingdom, and president, International Rescue Committee, New YorkTali Nates, director, the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, South AfricaEric Nelson, professor of government, Harvard UniversityEddy Neumann, esq., Sydney, AustraliaMatt Nosanchuk, associate director, White House Office of Public Engagement, Washington, DCArtist and author Aliza Olmert, JerusalemCouples therapist Esther Perel, New YorkSylvia Posner, administrative executive to the Board of Governors, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, New YorkRabbi Joseph Potasnik, executive vice president, New York Board of RabbisDr. Richard Prasquier, past president, Conseil Representatif des Institutions Juives de France (Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions), ParisRichard Primus, professor of law, University of Michigan Law School ProfessorProfessor Shulamit Reinharz, director of the Women's Studies Research Center and the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University, MAChaim Reiss, CFO, World Jewish CongressJochevet Ritz-Olewski, former vice dean of academic studies, The Open University of IsraelMoshe Ronen, vice president, World Jewish Congress, and former president, Canadian Jewish Congress, TorontoNovelist and Fordham University law professor Thane Rosenbaum, New YorkRabbi Bernhard Rosenberg, Congregation Beth-El, Edison, NJArt historian and museum director Jean Bloch Rosensaft, New YorkMenachem Z. Rosensaft, general counsel, World Jewish Congress and professor of law, New YorkHannah Rosenthal, former U.S. State Department special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, WisconsinRabbi Judith Schindler, Temple Beth El, Charlotte, North CarolinaClarence Schwab, equity investor, New YorkCantor Azi Schwartz, Park Avenue Synagogue, New YorkGhita Schwarz, senior attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights, New YorkPsychologist Dr. David Senesh, Tel AvivFlorence Shapiro, former mayor, Plano, Texas, and former state senator, TexasRabbi Kinneret Shiryon, Kehillat YOZMA, Modi in, IsraelDavid Silberklang, senior historian, Yad Vashem, IsraelDocumentary film maker and author Andre Singer, LondonPeter Singer, professor of bioethics, Princeton UniversityRobert Singer, CEO and executive vice president, World Jewish CongressPsychologist Dr. Yaffa Singer, Tel AvivSam Sokol, reporter, The Jerusalem Post, IsraelPhilanthropist Alexander Soros, New YorkRabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz, Congregation B nai Israel, Tustin, CaliforniaMichael Stein, executive director, Harvard Law School Project on DisabilityRabbi Kenneth Stern, Congregation Gesher Shalom, Fort Lee, NJMaram Stern, associate CEO for diplomacy, World Jewish Congress, BrusselsCarol Kahn Strauss, international director, Leo Baeck Institute, New YorkAviva Tal, lecturer in Yiddish literature, Bar Ilan University, IsraelProfessor Katrin Tenenbaum, scholar on modern Jewish culture and philosophical thought, University of RomeDr. Mark Tykocinski, dean, Jefferson Medical College, PhiladelphiaRabbi Moshe Waldoks, Temple Beth Zion, Brookline, MAPsychologist Diana Wang, president, Generaciones de la Shoa en Argentina, Buenos AiresAuthor Ilana Weiser-Senesh, Tel AvivLeon Wieseltier, literary editor, The New Republic, and recipient of the Dan David Prize, Washington, DCJeffrey Wiesenfeld, former senior aide to New York Governor George Pataki and U.S. Senator Alfonse D AmatoU.S. Senator Ron Wyden, OregonSociologist Tali Zelkowicz, Hebrew Union College Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles"