Escaping the Holocaust; Physically, Mentally and Spiritually
Washington (PRWEB) April 15, 2014 -- After liberation from the Holocaust many Jewish survivors and leaders still question how this could have happen. Author Joshua Haberman, holocaust survivor and Rabbi, connects with well-known Jewish minds to create a discussion about life post-holocaust.
In Haberman’s book, “The God I Believe In,” he has stimulating conversations with 14 well-known leading Jewish philosophers, writers and Rabbis from America, Europe and Israel, to discuss where they stand with their post-holocaust crisis of faith.
“I wrote the book as a personal inventory of my beliefs after struggling with the tormenting questions, why did not or could not God stop the Holocaust,” Haberman said. “As one who embarked on a search for faith, I was interested in how the philosophers and thinkers I interviewed have arrive at their personal beliefs.”
The book differs from other religiously themed books because of its conversational non-technical style and personal treatment on theological differences. Despite the shattering experience of the Holocaust and Judaism’s conflict with certain aspects of modernity, Haberman believes Jews have not become godless.
“My book is not a dull textbook or treatise, with footnotes and documentation, but a lively report of personal beliefs of brilliant thinkers in non-technical, conversation style,” Haberman said. “My book will help stimulate a sense of God’s presence in life, though written for the general reader, it would be a captivating text book on Jewish beliefs in college or adult education courses on modern Judaism.”
“The God I Believe In”
Author: Joshua Haberman
ISBN: 978-1-45686-822-2
Retail price: $19.99
Available in e-book, paperback and hardcover.
About the author:
Joshua Haberman was born in Vienna, Austria, and is fluent in German, Hebrew, Yiddish and English. He has received a Bachelor’s degree form the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, a Master’s and Doctorate degree in Modern Jewish Philosophy of Hebrew Letters from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio, and was then ordained as a reformed Rabbi. He has served in congregations all over the US, including conducting preaching in the White House and representing the American Judaism in the nationally televised 9/11 Memorial Service at Washington’s National Cathedral. Haberman has served more than 40 years as a congregational Rabbi and continues to work as a community leader developing interfaith relations and influencing Jewish adult education.
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