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Title

A world built, destroyed, and rebuilt : Rabbi Yehudah Amital's confrontation with the memory of the Holocaust / by Moshe Maya ; translated by Kaeren Fish.

Author

Mayah, Mosheh.

Publication

Jersey City, NJ : Ktav Pub. House ; Alon Shevut, Israel : Yaacov Herzog College, 2004, c2005.

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Additional Authors

ʻAmiṭal, Yehudah.

Description

ix, 189 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"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, especially those of his fellow Religious Zionists. This work presents the reader with the direct and painful grappling of an educator and thinker with the most terrible event in human history."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

ʻOlam banui ṿa-ḥerev u-vanui. English

Alternative Title

ʻOlam banui ṿa-ḥerev u-vanui.

Subject

• Holocaust (Jewish theology)
• Religious Zionism
• ʻAmiṭal, Yehudah

Bibliography (note)

• Includes "bibliographical abbreviations of works by Rabbi Yehudah Amital."
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. "Whoever among you remains:" the ramifications of survival -- Ch. 2. The God who is revealed through historical events -- Ch. 3. Basic elements of Jewish identity -- App. A. "Has there ever been such a thing, or has such a thing been heard?" : Rabbi Amital's use of historical models -- App. B. Moral obligations arising from inner recognition -- App. C. Discourses by Rabbi Yehudah Amital.

ISBN

0881258644

LCCN

2004018124

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries