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Revelation at Auschwitz

JL;DR SUMMARY Observing the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation, Menachem Z. Rosensaft challenges the Jewish community to integrate the Holocaust—a 'revelation at Auschwitz'—into Jewish liturgical practice and theology, much like the ancient 'Revelation at Sinai.' A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryAuschwitzHolocaustReligious ObservanceJewish LiturgyGodJewish TheologyFaithRemembranceTheodicy

Places mentioned

Auschwitz, Lesser Poland, Poland
"this year marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp"
Treblinka, Mazovia, Poland
"may my heart shrivel / into dust / may my soul wither / into ashes"
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"the reality and horrors of the Holocaust because we know that there can be neither praise not exultation for God in the context of Auschwitz, Treblinka, the Warsaw Ghetto, Babi Yar, or Bergen-Belsen"

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