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 After
the Holocaust:
Enlightenment from Our Darkest Days
They are still among us today – elderly
men and women who, sixty years ago, were players
in an epic, tragic drama that still, today,
defies comprehension. They saw with their
own eyes scenes more terrifying than anything
Hollywood could conjure. They endured starvation
and conditions no one would think endurable.
Six million souls perished, and yet the Jewish
people live and thrive. |
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 Today,
these survivors are grandparents and
great-grandparents. Frail and elderly, their
appearances belie their towering, heroic stature.
They emerged from the most inhuman conditions
imaginable, and they remained human. They
married, raised children and started businesses.
Each child’s chuppah, each grandchild’s
bar or bat mitzvah, each family seder or Chanukah
party, is a miraculous victory – a family
that wasn’t supposed to be, carrying
on a tradition that wasn’t supposed
to survive. |
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 For
the Jewish people, the Holocaust
is much more than a story of destruction.
It’s much more than the logistics of
this unimaginable evil, or the politics and
attitudes that allowed it to happen. It’s
a part of the fabric of our 5,000-year-old
history; a living, modern-day illustration
of the cycle of exile and redemption, disaster
and salvation, pain and growth. |
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 If
you’ve got questions about the Holocaust
– and what thinking Jew doesn’t?
– we have a fantastic range of learning
opportunities where you can begin to probe,
and even find some answers. From eyewitness
experiences to theological explanations to
historic facts, every avenue of inquiry is
open. Discover new perspectives. Learn. Remember.
Understand. Because some day, your children
will be asking you. |
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