Lost and Found
Among some of the baby gifts my parents received was a little gold Magen David that managed to survive the horrors of the Shoah.
Among some of the baby gifts my parents received was a little gold Magen David that managed to survive the horrors of the Shoah.
The story of the printing of the Survivors’ Talmud is a remarkable testament to the enduring emunah of the few who survived Churban Europa, and who sought to recreate organized Jewish life, ritual observance and Torah learning in the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust.
She told him, with the strength of faith that only a survivor could muster: “Max, you need to stop; we don’t run anymore.”
How did Jews in the holocaust respond? And as religious Jews, what does it mean for us?