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Where was God in the Holocaust? A NY poet and activist asks the question in a book of ‘psalms’

JL;DR SUMMARY Menachem Rosensaft, a poet and Holocaust survivor born in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, explores the profound theological question of God's presence—or absence—during the Holocaust in his new collection, "Burning Psalms: Confronting Adonai After Auschwitz." 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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AuschwitzHolocaustTheologySurvivorsFaithPsalmsJewish MemoryMenachem RosensaftPost Holocaust TheologyDivine Absence

Places mentioned

Auschwitz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"What if a person who recited Tehillim all her life found herself in the hell of Auschwitz or Dachau, her prayers unanswered, her paths blocked by SS guards?"
Dachau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"What if a person who recited Tehillim all her life found herself in the hell of Auschwitz or Dachau, her prayers unanswered, her paths blocked by SS guards?"
Manhattan, New York, United States
"Rosensaft, who lives on Manhattans Upper East Side, said in an interview this month, then we have to express our grievances and not just extol the miracles of thousands of years ago without even acknowledging that there was no divine presence that came to any assistance for the 6 million Jewish victims of Hitler."
Bergen-Belsen, Lower Saxony, Germany
"At the displaced persons camp set up at BergenBelsen after its liberation in 1945, Josef met Rosensafts mother Hadassah, whose parents, husband and 5-year-old son, Benjamin, were killed in the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau."
Riverdale, New York, United States
"Despite the darkness of the film, Kirchheimer who lives in Riverdale, New York and in the film reads a poem about her refugee parents nevertheless sees hope in the ways poets use art to remember the Holocaust."

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