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The Holy Fire
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The Holy Fire, one of the greatest examples of religious resistance in the Warsaw ghetto, explores a theological explanation for Jewish suffering during the Holocaust.

Contributor:

Kalonymus Kalman Shapira

Places:

Warsaw, General Government (Warsaw, Poland)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Apocalypse, Eschatology, Hanukkah, Death

Categories:

Religion & Theology, Sermons
Black and white image of an Orthodox Jewish man wearing spectacles.
Lekh-lekho
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And now Blimele, dear child, Stop—stop playing now. No time for that. We can be called at any minute To leave our poor home —A lonely boat on an island of sand— And be hurled into the midst Of a…

Contributor:

Simkhe-Bunem Shayevitsh

Places:

Lodz, General Government (Lodz, Poland)

Date:

1942

Subjects:

Holocaust, Death, Children, Jewish quarters, Theology

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Religion & Theology