Format:
IX, 191 S.
ISBN:
0195091094
Content:
In this provocative book, Goldberg launches a bold attack on what he calls the "Holocaust cult," challenging Jews to return to a deeper, richer sense of purpose. He argues that this cult - with shrines like the U.S. Holocaust Museum, high priests such as Elie Wiesel, and rites like UJA death camp pilgrimages - is deeply destructive of Jewish identity. As the current "master story" of Judaism, Goldberg writes, the Holocaust has been used to depict Jews as uniquely victimized in human history - transforming them from God's chosen to those who manage to survive despite God's silent complicity in their persecution
Content:
Jews need positive reasons for remaining Jewish, he argues; they need to return to the Exodus as their master story - the story of God leading the Jews out of slavery and making with them an eternal covenant that gave the Jews a unique place in God's plan. The Jews should survive, Goldberg concludes, because they are the linchpin in God's redemption of the world
Language:
English
Keywords:
Judenvernichtung
;
Rezeption
;
Juden
;
Identität
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0635/94036969-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0723/94036969-b.html
