Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Speaking from their respective disciplines in the humanities, theology, and education, thirteen Holocaust scholars -- both Jewish and Christian -- candidly address the challenges, risks, and possibilities embedded in the discouraging, long-lasting Palestinian-Israeli conflict. They also sharply critique the use of Holocaust terminology or imagery by the modern-day combatants -- on either side -- as trivialization of a unique and devastating event. Anguished Hope casts a powerful vision for a more peaceful future in the Middle East.Contributors: Rachel N. Baum
David Blumenthal
Margaret Brearley
Britta Frede-Wenger
Myrna Goldenberg
Peter J. Haas
Henry F. Knight
Hubert Locke
David Patterson
Didier Pollefeyt
Amy H. Shapiro
Table of Contents
Prologue: Haunted by the Holocaust / Leonard Grob and John K. Roth -- Challenges -- Moral visions in conflict : Israeli and Palestinian ethics / Peter J. Haas -- Duped by morality? : defusing minefields in the Israeli-Palestinian struggle / John K. Roth -- Beware of your beliefs / David Blumenthal -- "Forgetting" the Holocaust : ethical dimensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / Leonard Grob -- Dimensions of responsibility : a German voice on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in the post-Shoah era / Britta Frede-Wenger -- Risks -- National socialism, Israel, and Jewish/Arab Palestinian history : myths and realities / Margaret Brearley -- Toward a post-Holocaust Jewish understanding of the Jewish state and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict / David Patterson -- Between a dangerous memory and a memory in danger : the Israeli-Palestinian struggle from a Christian post-Holocaust perspective / Didier Pollefeyt -- The Middle East conflict, the responsibility of history and memory, and the American Jew / Myrna Goldenberg -- Possibilities -- Beyond conquest : post-Shoah Christian anguish and the Israeli-Palestinian dilemma / Henry F. Knight -- The Holocaust, Israel, and the future of Jewish-Christian relations in the United States / Hubert Locke -- Critical thinking and self-identity: educating for peace between Israelis and Palestinians / Amy H. Shapiro -- After the peace : the moral responsibility of survival / Rachel N. Baum -- Epilogue: What else? / Leonard Grob and John K. Roth.