Thursday, October 13, 2016

Holocaust survivor: search for faith

The Holocaust was a tragic event that happen, and killed millions of Jewish people. No one understands why God would let such a thing happen, considering the power he has. In the story of Moshe Yosef Daum and Fela Nussbaum, they describe the faith they have in God, and how for many people it was altered. This story about the Holocaust, compares and can be contrasted to that of The Book of Job. They are both similar because in both stories, people are losing faith in God. They know how powerful he is, and what he can do, yet they don't understand why he would sit back and allow such things to happen. In the Book of Job, Job loses faith in God and curses the day he was born because he was always so faithful and gets punished for doing nothing. However, this story of the Holocaust is different in that these two parents didn't lose all their faith in God.  "A God who limits himself to actions that we humans can understand couldn't possibly be God." This is what Moshe Yosef Daum believed. This means that God does things that nobody can understand so that is the reason he let the Holocaust happen. Fela Nussbaum still had a faith in God, but it was changed. She was still observant, but could not forgive the terrible tragedy that God didn't help save.