Jewish responses and reactions to the Shoa and to Post-Shoa-being - Einzelansicht

Dear Students, this seminar will be hold online. Please register as soon as possible for the seminar in Puls and Moodle. The professor will inform you about the structure of the course and the procedure to participate in it.

The course aims to analyze and evaluate the various ways Jewish thinkers have found in order to dealt with the horrors, challenges and open questions with which the Shoa confronts us. We will read writings from that epoch (Rabbi Leo Back, the Esh-Kodesh [Rabbi Shapira], Rabbi Taykhthal Ichtelbaum) and Post-Holocaust attempts to confront the Holocaust and its meaning for future generations (Emil Fackenheim, A. J. Heschel, E. Levinas, H. Jonas, Eliezer Schweid,). Alongside with the widely discussed question of theodicy we will confront questions of culture-justification, the role of religion and the educational-political impact of the commemoration of the Shoa.

The major textbook for the course will be the volume "Wrestling with God" (eds. Steven Katz et. al.). Additional Bibliography will be handled in the first meetings. 

A comprehensive oral presentation or a comprehensive paper (7-10 pages in English, German or Hebrew) analyzing and reacting to one of above-mentioned thinkers. Students who wish to deal with another body of thought, are invited to consult the professor.