Jewish History • Contemporary Relevance

History of Israel-Jews in the Shadow of the Holocaust: Coping by Ignoring-1952-1956

May 29, 2018
History of Israel-Jews in the Shadow of the Holocaust: Coping by Ignoring-1952-1956
Ep. 1486 History of Israel-Jews in the Shadow of the Holocaust: Coping by Ignoring-1952-1956
Rabbi Dovid Katz
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Progress Without Peace: Israel and the Jewish People, 1952-1956

How the new State of Israel wrestled with the question of how to relate to the Holocaust. The conflicted feelings of shame, anger, and profound-compassion came to a head in the “Kasztner-Trial” of 1954, the most controversial trial in Israeli history