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 dea...

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Main Author:	Goldberg, Michael (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York [u.a.] Oxford Univ. Press 1995
Subjects:	Geschichte 1900-2000 Juden Judentum Exodus, The > History of doctrines Holocaust (Jewish theology) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Influence Jews > Identity Judaism > 20th century Identität Rezeption Judenvernichtung
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:	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 Jews need positive 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
Physical Description:	IX, 191 S.
ISBN:	0195091094