Friday, October 7, 2016

Holocaust Survivors: Moshe Yosef Daum & Fela Nussbaum

The story of Moshe Yosef Daum & Fela Nussbaum is similar to The Book of Job. In both, the people are questioned about their faith in God. Moshe and Fela have different perspectives of God. Fela believes that God was wrong for letting the Holocaust happen. She said "if God did so many miracles during biblical times, then why hadn't she seen any such miracles during the holocaust?" However, Moshe has a different opinion. Moshe would respond to her question by saying "We humans, with our limited minds, cannot expect to understand God's ways. We must live with faith despite our an answered questions." Moshe believed that not losing faith in God would protect him and his family. In The Book of Job, Job is a man who worships God and lives a very nice, happy life. God and Satan get into a argument about whether Job only loves God because he has a nice life or if he really & truly loves God. To decide who is right, they decide to turn Job's amazing life into complete torture. They kill his family, and his cattle and sheep to see if he will still remain faithful to God. Job remains faithful to God until he just can't take it anymore. He curses the day he was born and wishes that his life had never existed. Something that differs between The Book of Job and the story of Moshe and Fela is that in The Book of Job, although God made Job's life awful, he is only one person. Six million Jews died during the Holocaust. Both Job and Moshe & Fela have a reason to resent God for what he did. However, the Jewish people have even more of a reason. They can't help but question- Why did God do this to us? Unfortunately, there is no answer to this question and it is something that is still asked today.

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