A World Built, Destroyed, and Rebuilt: Rabbi Yehudah Amital's Confrontation with the Memory of the Holocaust
"Rabbi Yehudah Amital, who has served for almost forty years as head of one of Israel's leading yeshivot, Yeshivat Har Etzion, is a Holocaust survivor. Throughout his career, he has attempted to address the Holocaust and its ramifications on both the educational and spiritual levels. Rabbi Amital's confrontation with the memory of the Holocaust is characterized by authenticity, honesty and courage." This book analyzes his original religious approach, against the background of other views,...
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Maya's study analyzes how Amital, a Religious Zionist leader and Holocaust survivor, has addressed the cataclysmic event on both the educational and the spiritual level. In contrast to the majority of Religious Zionists, who perceive a theological link between the Holocaust and the establishment of the state of Israel, Amital rejects any such connection; at the same time, the memory of the Holocaust stands at the foundation of all his moral positions, an effect that is both explicit and conscious. Maya, who is currently completing a doctorate in Jewish history at Haifa U., teaches at the Ulpanit in Tiberias and at Yeshivat Ha-Kibbutz Ha-Dati in Ma'aleh Gilboa. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Ch. 1"Whoever among you remains:" the ramifications of survival9Ch. 2The God who is revealed through historical events21Ch. 3Basic elements of Jewish identity89App. A"Has there ever been such a thing, or has such a thing been heard?" : Rabbi Amital's use of historical modelsApp. BMoral obligations arising from inner recognitionApp. CDiscourses by Rabbi Yehudah Amital
