God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors
A Powerful, Life-Affirming New Perspective on the Holocaust
Almost ninety children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors—theologians, scholars, spiritual leaders, authors, artists, political and community leaders and media personalities—from sixteen countries on six continents reflect on how the memories transmitted to them have affected their lives. Profoundly personal stories explore faith, identity and legacy in the aftermath of the Holocaust as well as our role in ensuring that future genocides and similar atrocities never happen again.
There have been many books and studies about children of Holocaust 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 have done and are doing with their lives.
From major religious or intellectual explorations to shorter commentaries on experiences, quandaries and cultural, political and personal affirmations, almost ninety contributors from sixteen countries respond to this question: how have your parents' and grandparents' experiences and examples helped shape your identity and your attitudes toward God, faith, Judaism, the Jewish people and the world as a whole?
For people of all faiths and backgrounds, these powerful and deeply moving statements will have a profound effect on the way our and future generations understand and shape their understanding of the Holocaust.
Praise from Pope Francis for Menachem Rosensaft's essay reconciling God's presence with the horrors of the Holocaust:
"When you, with humility, are telling us where God was in that moment, I felt within me that you had transcended all possible explanations and that, after a long pilgrimage—sometimes sad, tedious or dull—you came to discover a certain logic and it is from there that you were speaking to us; the logic of First Kings 19:12, the logic of that 'gentle breeze' (I know that it is a very poor translation of the rich Hebrew expression) that constitutes the only possible hermeneutic interpretation.
"Thank you from my heart. And, please, do not forget to pray for me. May the Lord bless you."
—His Holiness Pope Francis
Contributors:
Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada
Historian Ilya Altman, cofounder and cochairman, Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center, Moscow
New York Times reporter and author Joseph Berger, New York
Historian Eleonora Bergman, former director, Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw
Vivian Glaser Bernstein, former cochief, Group Programmes Unit, United Nations Department of Public Information, New York
Michael Brenner, professor of Jewish history and culture, Ludwig-Maximilians Universityof Munich; chair in Israel studies, American University, Washington, DC
Novelist and poet Lily Brett, winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Award, New York
New York Times deputy national news editor and former Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner, New York
Stephanie Butnick, associate editor, Tablet Magazine, New York
Rabbi Chaim Zev Citron, Ahavas Yisroel Synagogue and Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad, Los Angeles
Dr. Stephen L. Comite, assistant clinical professor of dermatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Elaine Culbertson, director of a program taking American high school teachers to study Holocaust sites, New York
Former Israeli Minister of Internal Security and Shin Bet director Avi Dichter, Israel
Lawrence S. Elbaum, attorney, New York
Alexis Fishman, Australian actor and singer
Shimon Koffler Fogel, CEO, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, Ottawa
Dr. Eva Fogelman, psychologist and author, New York
Associate Judge Karen "Chaya" Friedman of the Circuit Court of Maryland
Natalie Friedman, dean of studies and senior class dean, Barnard College, New York
Michael W. Grunberger, director of collections, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
David Harris, executive director, American Jewish Committee, New York
Author Eva Hoffman, recipient of the Jean Stein Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, London
Rabbi Abie Ingber, executive director, Center for Interfaith Community Engagement, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Josef Joffe, editor-publisher, Die Zeit, Germany
Rabbi Lody B. van de Kamp, author; former member of the Chief Rabbinate of Holland and the Conference of European Rabbis, Holland
Rabbi Lilly Kaufman, Torah Fund director, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York
Filmmaker Aviva Kempner, Washington, DC
Cardiologist Dr. David N. Kenigsberg, Plantation, FL
Author and Shalom Hartman Institute fellow Yossi Klein Halevi, Israel
Attorney Faina Kukliansky, chairperson, Jewish Community of Lithuania, Vilnius
Rabbi Benny Lau, Ramban Synagogue, Jerusalem
Amichai Lau-Lavie, founding director, Storahtelling, Israel/New York
Philanthropist Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer, Philadelphia
Hariete Levy, insurance actuary, Paris
Annette Lévy-Willard, journalist and author, Paris
Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia
Knesset member Rabbi Dov Lipman, Israel
Rabbi Michael Marmur, provost, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, Jerusalem
International banker Julius Meinl, president, Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, Prague
Knesset member and former journalist Merav Michaeli, Israel
The Right Honourable David Miliband, former foreign secretary, United Kingdom; president, International Rescue Committee, New York
Tali Nates, director, Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, South Africa
Eric Nelson, professor of government, Harvard University
Eddy Neumann, esq., Sydney, Australia
Mathew S. Nosanchuk, Director for Outreach, National Security Council, the White House, Washington, DC
Artist and author Aliza Olmert, Jerusalem
Couples therapist Esther Perel, New York
Sylvia Posner, administrative executive to the Board of Governors, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, New York
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, executive vice president, New York Board of Rabbis
Dr. Richard Prasquier, past president, Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France (Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions), Paris
Richard Primus, professor of law, Universityof Michigan Law School
Professor Shulamit Reinharz, director, the Women’s Studies Research Center and the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University, MA
Chaim Reiss, CFO, World Jewish Congress
Jochi (Jochevet) Ritz-Olewski, former vice dean of academic studies, The Open Universityof Israel
Moshe Ronen, vice president, World Jewish Congress; former president, Canadian Jewish Congress, Toronto
Novelist and Fordham Universitylaw professor Thane Rosenbaum, New York
Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg, Congregation Beth-El, Edison, NJ
Art historian and museum director Jean Bloch Rosensaft, New York
Menachem Z. Rosensaft, general counsel, World Jewish Congress and professor of law, New York
Hannah Rosenthal, former U.S. State Department special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, Wisconsin
Rabbi Judith Schindler, Temple Beth El, Charlotte, NC
Clarence Schwab, equity investor, New York
Cantor Azi Schwartz, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York
Ghita Schwarz, senior attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York
Psychologist Dr. David Senesh, Tel Aviv
Florence Shapiro, former mayor, Plano, Texas, and former state senator, Texas
Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon, Kehillat YOZMA, Modi’in, Israel
David Silberklang, senior historian,Yad Vashem, Israel
Documentary film maker and author André Singer, London
Peter Singer, professor of bioethics, Princeton University
Robert Singer, CEO and executive vice president, World Jewish Congress
Psychologist Dr. Yaffa Singer, Tel Aviv
Sam Sokol, reporter, The Jerusalem Post, Israel
Philanthropist Alexander Soros, New York
Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz, Congregation B’nai Israel, Tustin, CA
Michael Ashley Stein, executive director, Harvard Law School Project on Disability
Rabbi Kenneth A. Stern, Congregation Gesher Shalom, Fort Lee, NJ
Maram Stern, associate CEO for diplomacy, World Jewish Congress, Brussels
Carol Kahn Strauss, international director, Leo Baeck Institute, New York
Aviva Tal, lecturer in Yiddish literature, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Professor Katrin Tenenbaum, scholar on modern Jewish culture and philosophical thought, Universityof Rome
Dr. Mark L. Tykocinski, dean, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia
Rabbi Moshe Waldoks, Temple Beth Zion, Brookline, MA
Psychologist Diana Wang, president, Generaciones de la Shoá en Argentina, Buenos Aires
Author Ilana Weiser-Senesh, Tel Aviv
Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld, former senior aide to New York Governor George Pataki and U.S. Senator Alfonse D’Amato
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Oregon
Sociologist Tali Zelkowicz, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles
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God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors
A Powerful, Life-Affirming New Perspective on the Holocaust
Almost ninety children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors—theologians, scholars, spiritual leaders, authors, artists, political and community leaders and media personalities—from sixteen countries on six continents reflect on how the memories transmitted to them have affected their lives. Profoundly personal stories explore faith, identity and legacy in the aftermath of the Holocaust as well as our role in ensuring that future genocides and similar atrocities never happen again.
There have been many books and studies about children of Holocaust 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 have done and are doing with their lives.
From major religious or intellectual explorations to shorter commentaries on experiences, quandaries and cultural, political and personal affirmations, almost ninety contributors from sixteen countries respond to this question: how have your parents' and grandparents' experiences and examples helped shape your identity and your attitudes toward God, faith, Judaism, the Jewish people and the world as a whole?
For people of all faiths and backgrounds, these powerful and deeply moving statements will have a profound effect on the way our and future generations understand and shape their understanding of the Holocaust.
Praise from Pope Francis for Menachem Rosensaft's essay reconciling God's presence with the horrors of the Holocaust:
"When you, with humility, are telling us where God was in that moment, I felt within me that you had transcended all possible explanations and that, after a long pilgrimage—sometimes sad, tedious or dull—you came to discover a certain logic and it is from there that you were speaking to us; the logic of First Kings 19:12, the logic of that 'gentle breeze' (I know that it is a very poor translation of the rich Hebrew expression) that constitutes the only possible hermeneutic interpretation.
"Thank you from my heart. And, please, do not forget to pray for me. May the Lord bless you."
—His Holiness Pope Francis
Contributors:
Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada
Historian Ilya Altman, cofounder and cochairman, Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center, Moscow
New York Times reporter and author Joseph Berger, New York
Historian Eleonora Bergman, former director, Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw
Vivian Glaser Bernstein, former cochief, Group Programmes Unit, United Nations Department of Public Information, New York
Michael Brenner, professor of Jewish history and culture, Ludwig-Maximilians Universityof Munich; chair in Israel studies, American University, Washington, DC
Novelist and poet Lily Brett, winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Award, New York
New York Times deputy national news editor and former Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner, New York
Stephanie Butnick, associate editor, Tablet Magazine, New York
Rabbi Chaim Zev Citron, Ahavas Yisroel Synagogue and Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad, Los Angeles
Dr. Stephen L. Comite, assistant clinical professor of dermatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Elaine Culbertson, director of a program taking American high school teachers to study Holocaust sites, New York
Former Israeli Minister of Internal Security and Shin Bet director Avi Dichter, Israel
Lawrence S. Elbaum, attorney, New York
Alexis Fishman, Australian actor and singer
Shimon Koffler Fogel, CEO, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, Ottawa
Dr. Eva Fogelman, psychologist and author, New York
Associate Judge Karen "Chaya" Friedman of the Circuit Court of Maryland
Natalie Friedman, dean of studies and senior class dean, Barnard College, New York
Michael W. Grunberger, director of collections, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
David Harris, executive director, American Jewish Committee, New York
Author Eva Hoffman, recipient of the Jean Stein Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, London
Rabbi Abie Ingber, executive director, Center for Interfaith Community Engagement, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Josef Joffe, editor-publisher, Die Zeit, Germany
Rabbi Lody B. van de Kamp, author; former member of the Chief Rabbinate of Holland and the Conference of European Rabbis, Holland
Rabbi Lilly Kaufman, Torah Fund director, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York
Filmmaker Aviva Kempner, Washington, DC
Cardiologist Dr. David N. Kenigsberg, Plantation, FL
Author and Shalom Hartman Institute fellow Yossi Klein Halevi, Israel
Attorney Faina Kukliansky, chairperson, Jewish Community of Lithuania, Vilnius
Rabbi Benny Lau, Ramban Synagogue, Jerusalem
Amichai Lau-Lavie, founding director, Storahtelling, Israel/New York
Philanthropist Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer, Philadelphia
Hariete Levy, insurance actuary, Paris
Annette Lévy-Willard, journalist and author, Paris
Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia
Knesset member Rabbi Dov Lipman, Israel
Rabbi Michael Marmur, provost, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, Jerusalem
International banker Julius Meinl, president, Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, Prague
Knesset member and former journalist Merav Michaeli, Israel
The Right Honourable David Miliband, former foreign secretary, United Kingdom; president, International Rescue Committee, New York
Tali Nates, director, Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, South Africa
Eric Nelson, professor of government, Harvard University
Eddy Neumann, esq., Sydney, Australia
Mathew S. Nosanchuk, Director for Outreach, National Security Council, the White House, Washington, DC
Artist and author Aliza Olmert, Jerusalem
Couples therapist Esther Perel, New York
Sylvia Posner, administrative executive to the Board of Governors, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, New York
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, executive vice president, New York Board of Rabbis
Dr. Richard Prasquier, past president, Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France (Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions), Paris
Richard Primus, professor of law, Universityof Michigan Law School
Professor Shulamit Reinharz, director, the Women’s Studies Research Center and the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University, MA
Chaim Reiss, CFO, World Jewish Congress
Jochi (Jochevet) Ritz-Olewski, former vice dean of academic studies, The Open Universityof Israel
Moshe Ronen, vice president, World Jewish Congress; former president, Canadian Jewish Congress, Toronto
Novelist and Fordham Universitylaw professor Thane Rosenbaum, New York
Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg, Congregation Beth-El, Edison, NJ
Art historian and museum director Jean Bloch Rosensaft, New York
Menachem Z. Rosensaft, general counsel, World Jewish Congress and professor of law, New York
Hannah Rosenthal, former U.S. State Department special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, Wisconsin
Rabbi Judith Schindler, Temple Beth El, Charlotte, NC
Clarence Schwab, equity investor, New York
Cantor Azi Schwartz, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York
Ghita Schwarz, senior attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York
Psychologist Dr. David Senesh, Tel Aviv
Florence Shapiro, former mayor, Plano, Texas, and former state senator, Texas
Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon, Kehillat YOZMA, Modi’in, Israel
David Silberklang, senior historian,Yad Vashem, Israel
Documentary film maker and author André Singer, London
Peter Singer, professor of bioethics, Princeton University
Robert Singer, CEO and executive vice president, World Jewish Congress
Psychologist Dr. Yaffa Singer, Tel Aviv
Sam Sokol, reporter, The Jerusalem Post, Israel
Philanthropist Alexander Soros, New York
Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz, Congregation B’nai Israel, Tustin, CA
Michael Ashley Stein, executive director, Harvard Law School Project on Disability
Rabbi Kenneth A. Stern, Congregation Gesher Shalom, Fort Lee, NJ
Maram Stern, associate CEO for diplomacy, World Jewish Congress, Brussels
Carol Kahn Strauss, international director, Leo Baeck Institute, New York
Aviva Tal, lecturer in Yiddish literature, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Professor Katrin Tenenbaum, scholar on modern Jewish culture and philosophical thought, Universityof Rome
Dr. Mark L. Tykocinski, dean, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia
Rabbi Moshe Waldoks, Temple Beth Zion, Brookline, MA
Psychologist Diana Wang, president, Generaciones de la Shoá en Argentina, Buenos Aires
Author Ilana Weiser-Senesh, Tel Aviv
Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld, former senior aide to New York Governor George Pataki and U.S. Senator Alfonse D’Amato
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Oregon
Sociologist Tali Zelkowicz, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles
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God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors
A Powerful, Life-Affirming New Perspective on the Holocaust
Almost ninety children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors—theologians, scholars, spiritual leaders, authors, artists, political and community leaders and media personalities—from sixteen countries on six continents reflect on how the memories transmitted to them have affected their lives. Profoundly personal stories explore faith, identity and legacy in the aftermath of the Holocaust as well as our role in ensuring that future genocides and similar atrocities never happen again.
There have been many books and studies about children of Holocaust 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 have done and are doing with their lives.
From major religious or intellectual explorations to shorter commentaries on experiences, quandaries and cultural, political and personal affirmations, almost ninety contributors from sixteen countries respond to this question: how have your parents' and grandparents' experiences and examples helped shape your identity and your attitudes toward God, faith, Judaism, the Jewish people and the world as a whole?
For people of all faiths and backgrounds, these powerful and deeply moving statements will have a profound effect on the way our and future generations understand and shape their understanding of the Holocaust.
Praise from Pope Francis for Menachem Rosensaft's essay reconciling God's presence with the horrors of the Holocaust:
"When you, with humility, are telling us where God was in that moment, I felt within me that you had transcended all possible explanations and that, after a long pilgrimage—sometimes sad, tedious or dull—you came to discover a certain logic and it is from there that you were speaking to us; the logic of First Kings 19:12, the logic of that 'gentle breeze' (I know that it is a very poor translation of the rich Hebrew expression) that constitutes the only possible hermeneutic interpretation.
"Thank you from my heart. And, please, do not forget to pray for me. May the Lord bless you."
—His Holiness Pope Francis
Contributors:
Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella of the Supreme Court of Canada
Historian Ilya Altman, cofounder and cochairman, Russian Research and Educational Holocaust Center, Moscow
New York Times reporter and author Joseph Berger, New York
Historian Eleonora Bergman, former director, Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw
Vivian Glaser Bernstein, former cochief, Group Programmes Unit, United Nations Department of Public Information, New York
Michael Brenner, professor of Jewish history and culture, Ludwig-Maximilians Universityof Munich; chair in Israel studies, American University, Washington, DC
Novelist and poet Lily Brett, winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Award, New York
New York Times deputy national news editor and former Jerusalem bureau chief Ethan Bronner, New York
Stephanie Butnick, associate editor, Tablet Magazine, New York
Rabbi Chaim Zev Citron, Ahavas Yisroel Synagogue and Yeshiva Ohr Elchonon Chabad, Los Angeles
Dr. Stephen L. Comite, assistant clinical professor of dermatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Elaine Culbertson, director of a program taking American high school teachers to study Holocaust sites, New York
Former Israeli Minister of Internal Security and Shin Bet director Avi Dichter, Israel
Lawrence S. Elbaum, attorney, New York
Alexis Fishman, Australian actor and singer
Shimon Koffler Fogel, CEO, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, Ottawa
Dr. Eva Fogelman, psychologist and author, New York
Associate Judge Karen "Chaya" Friedman of the Circuit Court of Maryland
Natalie Friedman, dean of studies and senior class dean, Barnard College, New York
Michael W. Grunberger, director of collections, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC
David Harris, executive director, American Jewish Committee, New York
Author Eva Hoffman, recipient of the Jean Stein Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, London
Rabbi Abie Ingber, executive director, Center for Interfaith Community Engagement, Xavier University, Cincinnati, OH
Josef Joffe, editor-publisher, Die Zeit, Germany
Rabbi Lody B. van de Kamp, author; former member of the Chief Rabbinate of Holland and the Conference of European Rabbis, Holland
Rabbi Lilly Kaufman, Torah Fund director, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York
Filmmaker Aviva Kempner, Washington, DC
Cardiologist Dr. David N. Kenigsberg, Plantation, FL
Author and Shalom Hartman Institute fellow Yossi Klein Halevi, Israel
Attorney Faina Kukliansky, chairperson, Jewish Community of Lithuania, Vilnius
Rabbi Benny Lau, Ramban Synagogue, Jerusalem
Amichai Lau-Lavie, founding director, Storahtelling, Israel/New York
Philanthropist Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer, Philadelphia
Hariete Levy, insurance actuary, Paris
Annette Lévy-Willard, journalist and author, Paris
Rabbi Mordechai Liebling, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, Philadelphia
Knesset member Rabbi Dov Lipman, Israel
Rabbi Michael Marmur, provost, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, Jerusalem
International banker Julius Meinl, president, Euro-Asian Jewish Congress, Prague
Knesset member and former journalist Merav Michaeli, Israel
The Right Honourable David Miliband, former foreign secretary, United Kingdom; president, International Rescue Committee, New York
Tali Nates, director, Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre, South Africa
Eric Nelson, professor of government, Harvard University
Eddy Neumann, esq., Sydney, Australia
Mathew S. Nosanchuk, Director for Outreach, National Security Council, the White House, Washington, DC
Artist and author Aliza Olmert, Jerusalem
Couples therapist Esther Perel, New York
Sylvia Posner, administrative executive to the Board of Governors, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, New York
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, executive vice president, New York Board of Rabbis
Dr. Richard Prasquier, past president, Conseil Représentatif des Institutions Juives de France (Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions), Paris
Richard Primus, professor of law, Universityof Michigan Law School
Professor Shulamit Reinharz, director, the Women’s Studies Research Center and the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University, MA
Chaim Reiss, CFO, World Jewish Congress
Jochi (Jochevet) Ritz-Olewski, former vice dean of academic studies, The Open Universityof Israel
Moshe Ronen, vice president, World Jewish Congress; former president, Canadian Jewish Congress, Toronto
Novelist and Fordham Universitylaw professor Thane Rosenbaum, New York
Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg, Congregation Beth-El, Edison, NJ
Art historian and museum director Jean Bloch Rosensaft, New York
Menachem Z. Rosensaft, general counsel, World Jewish Congress and professor of law, New York
Hannah Rosenthal, former U.S. State Department special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, Wisconsin
Rabbi Judith Schindler, Temple Beth El, Charlotte, NC
Clarence Schwab, equity investor, New York
Cantor Azi Schwartz, Park Avenue Synagogue, New York
Ghita Schwarz, senior attorney, Center for Constitutional Rights, New York
Psychologist Dr. David Senesh, Tel Aviv
Florence Shapiro, former mayor, Plano, Texas, and former state senator, Texas
Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon, Kehillat YOZMA, Modi’in, Israel
David Silberklang, senior historian,Yad Vashem, Israel
Documentary film maker and author André Singer, London
Peter Singer, professor of bioethics, Princeton University
Robert Singer, CEO and executive vice president, World Jewish Congress
Psychologist Dr. Yaffa Singer, Tel Aviv
Sam Sokol, reporter, The Jerusalem Post, Israel
Philanthropist Alexander Soros, New York
Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz, Congregation B’nai Israel, Tustin, CA
Michael Ashley Stein, executive director, Harvard Law School Project on Disability
Rabbi Kenneth A. Stern, Congregation Gesher Shalom, Fort Lee, NJ
Maram Stern, associate CEO for diplomacy, World Jewish Congress, Brussels
Carol Kahn Strauss, international director, Leo Baeck Institute, New York
Aviva Tal, lecturer in Yiddish literature, Bar Ilan University, Israel
Professor Katrin Tenenbaum, scholar on modern Jewish culture and philosophical thought, Universityof Rome
Dr. Mark L. Tykocinski, dean, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia
Rabbi Moshe Waldoks, Temple Beth Zion, Brookline, MA
Psychologist Diana Wang, president, Generaciones de la Shoá en Argentina, Buenos Aires
Author Ilana Weiser-Senesh, Tel Aviv
Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld, former senior aide to New York Governor George Pataki and U.S. Senator Alfonse D’Amato
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, Oregon
Sociologist Tali Zelkowicz, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles
Menachem Z. Rosensaft, who was born in the Displaced Persons camp of Bergen-Belsen, is general counsel of the World Jewish Congress, and teaches about the law of genocide and war crimes trials at the law schools of Columbia and Cornell Universityies. Appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council by Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, he is founding chairman of the International Network of Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, senior vice president of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants and a past president of Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, who survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald, has been the preeminent voice of conscience and Holocaust memory throughout the seven decades since the end of World War II. In 1984, Professor Wiesel delivered the keynote address at the First International Conference of Children of Holocaust Survivors in New York City, and he has graciously allowed us to publish excerpts from that address as his charge to the post-Holocaust generations as we explore who we are, what we believe and what we stand for in the pages of this book.
Prologue: To Our Children by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel xvIntroduction: Living with Ghosts by Menachem Z. Rosensaft xix
Part IGod and Faith 1 Yossi Klein Halevi 3 Rabbi Moshe Waldoks 7 Rabbi Lilly Kaufman 12 MK Rabbi Dov Lipman 16 Rabbi Michael Marmur 18 Aliza Olmert 24 Rabbi Chaim Zev Citron 29 Joseph Berger 30 Peter Singer 34 Judge Karen "Chaya" Friedman 38 Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz 41 Rabbi Lody B. van de Kamp 45 Rabbi Mordechai Liebling 49 Eric Nelson 53 Chaim Reiss 56 Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg 58 Shimon Koffler Fogel 60 Lily Brett 62 Rabbi Kenneth A. Stern 66 Menachem Z. Rosensaft 68
Part IIIdentity 77 Thane Rosenbaum 79 Eva Hoffman 83 Avi Dichter 86 Vivian Glaser Bernstein 90 Josef Joffe 92 Dr. Eva Fogelman 98 Rabbi Benny Lau 103 Sylvia Posner 108 Dr. Mark L. Tykocinski 111 Shulamit Reinharz 114 Alexander Soros 120 Alexis Fishman 122 Michael Brenner 124 Diana Wang 129 Richard Primus 132 André Singer 134 Dr. David Senesh 136 Tali Zelkowicz 142
Part IIIA Legacy of Memory 149 Aviva Tal 151 Cantor Azi Schwartz 155 Amichai Lau-Lavie 157 Natalie Friedman 161 Ethan Bronner 163 Elaine Culbertson 167 Stephanie Butnick 169 Moshe Ronen 172 Faina Kukliansky 174 Annette Lévy-Willard 178 Julius Meinl 180 Esther Perel 183 Maram Stern 186 Clarence Schwab 188 Hariete Levy 190 Michael W. Grunberger 192 Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer 194 David Silberklang 197 Carol Kahn Strauss 199 Eleonora Bergman 202 Rabbi Joseph Potasnik 204 Dr. David N. Kenigsberg 207 Ilana Weiser-Senesh 209 Ilya Altman 211 Aviva Kempner 212 Katrin Tenenbaum 215 Lawrence S. Elbaum 217 Jochi (Jochevet) Ritz-Olewski 219 Jean Bloch Rosensaft 221
Part IVTikkun Olam: Changing the World for the Better 227 Rabbi Judith Schindler 229 The Right Honourable David Miliband 234 Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella 236 Senator Ron Wyden 241 MK Merav Michaeli 243 Michael Ashley Stein 246 Tali Nates 249 Dr. Richard Prasquier 254 Dr. Yaffa Singer 256 Robert Singer 259 Dr. Stephen L. Comite 262 Florence Shapiro 265 David Harris 267 Mathew S. Nosanchuk 270 Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld 272 Sam Sokol 275 Ghita Schwarz 278 Eddy Neumann 280 Rabbi Abie Ingber 282 Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon 286 Hannah Rosenthal 290
Acknowledgments 295Glossary 298Index of Contributors 304Credits 306Notes 307