PHT

• RABBI DR ELIEZAR BERKOVITS (1908-1992): 'Hester Panim', god is present however he is hiding his face. He believes that it was the naxis choice to perpetrate evil, therefore, since history is mas responsibility, one would expect him (god) to hide. IF GOD WAS TO INTERCEPT IN THE ACTIONS OF THE HOLOCAUST, FREE WILL OF HUMANS WOULD BE RENDERED NON EXISTENT.
• SCRIPTURE TO SUPPORT HESTER PANIM: Isaiah 8:17, "And I will wait for the lord who is hiding his face from the house of jacob; I will even look eagerly for him."
• SCRIPTURE TO SUPPORT HESTER PANIM: Psalm 10:11, "he says to himself, 'god has forgotten; he has hidden his face; he will never see it."
• ELIE WIESAL (HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR AND AUTHOR, 1928-2016), "where is god?", God is hanging on the gallows- saying that god died at the SHOAH (from his book 'night')
• WIESALS WORDS:

  • "that night, the soup tasted of corpses."
  • "to forget the dead would be akin to killing them twice"
• SCRIPTURE TO SUPPORT WIESAL: FROM THE TORAH

  • MICAH 6:8- "he has told you, o man, what is good; and what does the lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your god?"
• LEIBOWITZS: GOD IS UTTERLY TRANSCENDANT
• ELIE WIESAL SUMMARy: god is dead, remember, tell the story, jewish responsibility to protect and remain human
• IMPACT OF BERKOVITS: jews for racial and economic justice (JFREJ), new york: works with marginalised groupS in new york to give them a voice and assess the policies inhibiting them
• WIESALS IMPACT: he funded the Sydney jewish museums "dimensions in testimony" exhibited filming project, which captures six holocaust survivors in 3d to spread the message of humanity to the world, TO KEEP TELLING THESE STORIES OTHERWISE IT WOULD BE LIKE KILLING THEM TWICE.