History, Religion, And Meaning, Vol. 62 »

JULIUS SIMON is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Essays assess the meaning of the history and consequences of the tragedy of the Holocaust, introducing several new perspectives on determining ethical meaning. Each essay is related to the geographic parameters of Israel and America, either by content or by authorship and in some cases both. Some topics are US foreign policy makers' attitudes toward Israel, the Warsaw ghetto uprising in Passover haggadot, and British millenarian missionaries in 19th-century Palestine. Material originated at an October 1998 conference. Simon is assistant professor of Jewish philosophy at The University of Texas-El Paso. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Introduction: Questions and Events

Converting Dreams into Realities: Reflections on the Shadow of Birkenau by John K. Roth

The Shoah and the Historian's Passion for the Dead Others by Edith Wyschogrod

Explaining the Holocaust by Yehuda Bauer

American Guilt During the Holocaust: A Study of U.S. Foreign Policy Makers' Attitudes Toward Israel by Gilbert Kahn

Israel After Auschwitz: Four Questions about Remembering the Holocaust by Moshe Haar

Re-reading Redemption: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Passover Hagadot by Liora Gubkin

British Millenarian Missionaries in Nineteenth Century Palestine by Thomas A. Idinopulos

Philosophy, Genocide, and Nationalism by Julius Simon

Index