Publisher's Synopsis
Dr. Friedlander argues that the Jewish people must move out of the shadow of the Holocaust. He insists that the Jewish emphasis on the Holocaust is not a plea for sympathy, but as George Steiner has said, "We are our own remembrancers". The evil that caused those deaths is still in the world.;Now there is a new generation entering the 21st century. Jews must move beyond the trauma of a suppressed past which endures within the dark corners of the psyche. The author enters into a dialogue with the great Jewish thinkers and writers of our time - Primo Levi, Bruno Bettelheim, Elie Wiesel, George Steiner and tries in his exploration to move towards a concept of humanity which includes evil as a component of our make up, which sees the glory of human existence in winning partial victories against darkness and which celebrates the hope that even a journey moving into darkness has dimensions of hope within itself.;Albert Friedlander is the Rabbi of Westminster Synagogue in London. He is lecturer at Leo Baeck College and is in constant demand as a lecturer and broadcaster. He is the author of a number of books including a biography of Leo Baeck.
