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Rabbi, I have a problem ? Question: If God was unwilling or unable to intervene during the Holocaust, why would we imagine that He cares for us individually, as we say He does, over the High Holy Days? God’s apparent absence during the Holocaust is just one, albeit overwhelmingly powerful, example of what philosophers call theContinue reading “After the Holocaust, how can we say God cares for us?”

“Strange–people come to me sad and leave happy; whereas I . . .  I stay with my sadness, which  is like black fire . . Woe to the generation whose leader I am. . . I prefer a simple Jew who prays with joy to a sage who studies with sadness.”–The Holy Sage of LublinContinue reading “Jewish Views of the Holocaust: Theology nach Auschwitz”

A question often prohibited, but always asked Otto Dov Kulka’s writing considers how religious belief can exist in a world with no future. His answer comes in the form of a dream ‘Implicit in Otto Dov Kulka’s writing is the very disturbing question of whether he could have felt the safety he did in thisContinue reading “What was God’s role in Auschwitz?”

February 6THE LOVE OF GODWords and Music by Frederick M. Lehman, 1868–1953The Lord your God is with you, He is mighty to save. He will take great delight in you, He will quiet you with His love, He will rejoice over you with singing. (Zephaniah 3:17)Never has God’s eternal love been described more vividly thanContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”

February 5IMMORTAL LOVE–FOREVER FULLJohn Greenleaf Whittier, 1807–1892To know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:19)Love is Silence—when your words would hurt.Love is Patience—when your neighbor’s curt.Love is Deafness—when a scandal flows.Love is Thoughtfulness—for others’ woes.Love is Promptness—when stern duty calls.Love is Courage—whenContinue reading “Amazing Grace: 366 Hymn Stories”