Almost ninety children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors from sixteen countries explore how their parents' and grandparents' experiences of the Shoah helped shape their identity and their attitudes toward God, faith, Judaism, the Jewish people and the world. Their reflections will inform and inspire people of all faiths and backgrounds.
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Almost ninety children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors from sixteen countries explore how their parents' and grandparents' experiences of the Shoah helped shape their identity and their attitudes toward God, faith, Judaism, the Jewish people and the world. Their reflections will inform and inspire people of all faiths and backgrounds.
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Very good in Very good jacket. xxviii, 309, [15] pages. Glossary. Index of Contributors. Notes. Inscribed and dated on the half-title page by the editor, Menachem Rosensaft. Inscription reads: For Aaron--With fond memories of our time on the USHMC, and in friendship. Menachem Rosensaft, New York, Dec. 20, 2016. Contains a Prologue: To our Children, by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel, as well as an Introduction: Living with Ghosts, by Menachem Z. Rosensaft. There are four main parts to this work: God and Faith, Identity, A Legacy of Memory, and Tikkun Olam: Changing the world for the Better. 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. This book 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 16 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? Menachem Z. Rosensaft (born 1948 in Bergen-Belsen, Germany) an attorney in New York and the Founding Chairman of the International Network of Children of Jewish Survivors, is a leader of the Second Generation movement of children of survivors, and has been described on the front page of the New York Times as one of the most prominent of the survivors' sons and daughters. He also served as National President of the Labor Zionist Alliance, and was active in the early stages of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. As psychologist Eva Fogelman has written: "Menachem Rosensaft's moral voice has gone beyond the responsibility he felt as a child of survivors to remember and educate. He felt the need to promote peace and a tolerant State of Israel as well. He wanted to bring to justice Nazi war criminals, to fight racism and bigotry, and to work toward the continuity of the Jewish people". In March 2009, Menachem Rosensaft was appointed as general counsel of the World Jewish Congress, the umbrella organization of Jewish communities around the world based in New York. Since 2008, Menachem Rosensaft has been Adjunct Professor of Law at Cornell Law School, and he was also Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at Syracuse University College of Law. In 2011 he was appointed lecturer in law at Columbia University Law School where he teaches a course in the law of genocide. He is the editor of God, Faith & Identity from the Ashes: Reflections of Children and Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors, and The World Jewish Congress: 1936-2016. Among the contributors are: Yossi Klein Havely, Peter Singer, Chaim Reiss, Michael Brenner, Azi Schwartz, Ethan Bronner, Joseph Potasnik, Judith Schindler, David Miliband, Ron Wyden, and Jeffrey Wiesenfeld.
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1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xxviii + 309 + unpaginated advts., illus with b&w photos in text (no inscriptions).
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
