{"product_id":"why-should-jews-survive-looking-past-the-holocaust-toward-a-jewish-future-paperback","title":"Why Should Jews Survive?: Looking Past the Holocaust Toward a Jewish Future - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Goldberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fifty years since the Holocaust, the Jewish People have felt one overriding concern: \u003cem\u003esurvival\u003c\/em\u003e. The ghosts of the murdered six million, along with the living generation of survivors, have called out the unifying chant, \"never again.\" In 1948, this concern found a second focus in the state of Israel, the ultimate refuge of Jews worldwide. But Rabbi Michael Goldberg finds that these twin pillars of Jewish identity are brittle, and have already begun to crumble; they will not be enough to support or sustain the next generation. The time has come to answer the question: \u003cem\u003eWhy\u003c\/em\u003e should Jews survive?\u003cbr\u003e 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. This Holocaust-centered, survival-for-survival's-sake Judaism is already showing its emptiness, Goldberg contends; the generation that survived Hitler and founded Israel is dying, and the new generation seems adrift (for instance, one recent survey predicts that 70% of American Jewish marriages will be intermarriages by the turn of the century). Jews need \u003cem\u003epositive\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e Rabbi Michael Goldberg has long wrestled with the crisis of identity facing today's Jewish community. In \u003cem\u003eWhy Should Jews Survive?\u003c\/em\u003e, he provides a provocative and powerfully argued challenge to the dominant theme of modern Jewish thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Goldberg\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the leading theologians and ethicists in America, is Rabbi of Congregation \u003cem\u003eB'nai Tikvah\u003c\/em\u003e in Los Angeles. He was Founding Rabbi of Congregation \u003cem\u003eLev Chadash\u003c\/em\u003e, a first-of-its-kind \"covenantal\" synagogue in Indianapolis, and has held chairs of Jewish Studies at St. John's University (Minnesota) and at the College of William and Mary. His books include \u003cem\u003eTheology and Narrative\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eJews and Christians, Getting Our Stories Straight\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eAgainst the Grain: New Approaches to Professional Ethics\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 19, 1996\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752949547296,"sku":"9780195111262","price":44.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f87e3b22100d80c70f949680d8433770.webp?v=1780008261","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/why-should-jews-survive-looking-past-the-holocaust-toward-a-jewish-future-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}