{"product_id":"after-tragedy-and-triumph-essays-in-modern-jewish-thought-and-the-american-experience-hardback-9780521380577","title":"After Tragedy and Triumph; Essays in Modern Jewish Thought and the American Experience (Hardback) 9780521380577","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAfter Tragedy and Triumph\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEssays in Modern Jewish Thought and the American Experience\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMichael Berenbaum explores the Jewish identity of his generation, the first to mature after tragedy and triumph.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Berenbaum (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521380577, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 November 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e220 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 16.1 x 2 cm, 0.533 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eReview of the hardback: 'These essays offer us an important new Jewish voice. Michael Berenbaum combines a creative mind with the insights gleaned from firsthand experience. He gives an original portrait of how understanding of the Holocaust has become central in American Jewish life and how that understanding itself has been defined by the American experience. His theological commentary ranges from a fresh appreciation of Martin Buber and critique of Franz Rosenzweig to Orthodoxy's problems and possibilities with pluralism. Everything he touches he clarifies and illuminates. By sharing his insights our understanding is transformed. The reader is enriched - this is valuable reading.' Rabbi Irving Greenberg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe story of American Jewry is inextricably entwined with the awesome defeat of the Holocaust and the rebirth of the state of Israel. However, for Michael Berenbaum, and others of his generation, whose adult consciousness included the war in Lebanon and the Palestinian Uprisings, the tale is more anguished, for the Jewish people is now divided, uncertain about the implications of the past and the direction of its future. Berenbaum explores the Jewish identity of this generation, the first to mature after tragedy and triumph. He probes the Holocaust's impact on Jewish consciousness and the imprint of American culture on Jewish identity. While demonstrating that the security of victory is one step from the anguish of victims, even when the victors have recently emerged from the fire, Berenbaum holds out the hope of liberation for Judaism, maintaining that five thousand years of history, with its chapter of Holocaust and empowerment, provide a unique foundation upon which to build a future.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword Richard L. Rubenstein\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Holocaust in Contemporary American Culture: 1. The nativisation of the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e 2. The uniqueness and universality of the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e 3. Public commemoration of the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e 4. Is the centrality of the Holocaust overemphasised? Two dialogues\u003cbr\u003e 5. Issues in teaching the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e 6. What we should teach our children\u003cbr\u003e 7. The shadows of the Holocaust\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Jewish Thought and Modern History: 8. Franz Rosenzweig and Martin Buber Reconsidered\u003cbr\u003e 9. The problem of pluralism in contemporary orthodoxy: philosophy and politics\u003cbr\u003e 10. From Auschwitz to Oslo: the journey of Elie Wiesel\u003cbr\u003e 11. Jacob Neusner and the renewal of an ever-dying people\u003cbr\u003e 12. Political Zionism's would-be successors: sectarianism, Messianism, nationalism, and secularism\u003cbr\u003e 13. The situation of the American Jew\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Judaism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Judaism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Judaism%20%5BHRJ%5D%22\"\u003eHRJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007159750936,"sku":"9780521380577","price":77.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521380577_a0dbf6e4-0207-4524-8379-f986397eac69.gif?v=1691376099","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/after-tragedy-and-triumph-essays-in-modern-jewish-thought-and-the-american-experience-hardback-9780521380577","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}