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Jewish Theological Explanations of the Holocaust in 10 Minutes
Wrestle with the most agonizing chapter in modern religious thought in our episode on Post-Holocaust Theology. In this installment, we unpack how the Shoah—the systematic murder of six million Jews—shattered traditional models of reward and punishment, forcing a radical "Heshbon HaNefesh" (accounting of the soul) among the world's leading Jewish thinkers. We'll explore the "Eclipse of God" proposed by Martin Buber, who suggested that there are moments in history when the Divine presence is simply hidden from humanity, and the "Death of God" theology of Richard Rubenstein, who argued that…
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