Table of Contents

Prologue: To Our Children
by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Elie Wiesel xv
Introduction: Living with Ghosts
by Menachem Z. Rosensaft xix


Part I
God and Faith 1
Yossi Klein Halevi 3
Rabbi Moshe Waldoks 7
Rabbi Lilly Kaufman 12
MK Rabbi Dov Lipman 16
Rabbi Michael Marmur 18
Aliza Olmert 24
Rabbi Chaim Zev Citron 29
Joseph Berger 30
Peter Singer 34
Judge Karen "Chaya" Friedman 38
Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz 41
Rabbi Lody B. van de Kamp 45
Rabbi Mordechai Liebling 49
Eric Nelson 53
Chaim Reiss 56
Rabbi Dr. Bernhard H. Rosenberg 58
Shimon Koffler Fogel 60
Lily Brett 62
Rabbi Kenneth A. Stern 66
Menachem Z. Rosensaft 68


Part II
Identity 77
Thane Rosenbaum 79
Eva Hoffman 83
Avi Dichter 86
Vivian Glaser Bernstein 90
Josef Joffe 92
Dr. Eva Fogelman 98
Rabbi Benny Lau 103
Sylvia Posner 108
Dr. Mark L. Tykocinski 111
Shulamit Reinharz 114
Alexander Soros 120
Alexis Fishman 122
Michael Brenner 124
Diana Wang 129
Richard Primus 132
André Singer 134
Dr. David Senesh 136
Tali Zelkowicz 142

Part III
A Legacy of Memory 149
Aviva Tal 151
Cantor Azi Schwartz 155
Amichai Lau-Lavie 157
Natalie Friedman 161
Ethan Bronner 163
Elaine Culbertson 167
Stephanie Butnick 169
Moshe Ronen 172
Faina Kukliansky 174
Annette Lévy-Willard 178
Julius Meinl 180
Esther Perel 183
Maram Stern 186
Clarence Schwab 188
Hariete Levy 190
Michael W. Grunberger 192
Jeanette Lerman-Neubauer 194
David Silberklang 197
Carol Kahn Strauss 199
Eleonora Bergman 202
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik 204
Dr. David N. Kenigsberg 207
Ilana Weiser-Senesh 209
Ilya Altman 211
Aviva Kempner 212
Katrin Tenenbaum 215
Lawrence S. Elbaum 217
Jochi (Jochevet) Ritz-Olewski 219
Jean Bloch Rosensaft 221


Part IV
Tikkun Olam: Changing the World for the Better 227
Rabbi Judith Schindler 229
The Right Honourable David Miliband 234
Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella 236
Senator Ron Wyden 241
MK Merav Michaeli 243
Michael Ashley Stein 246
Tali Nates 249
Dr. Richard Prasquier 254
Dr. Yaffa Singer 256
Robert Singer 259
Dr. Stephen L. Comite 262
Florence Shapiro 265
David Harris 267
Mathew S. Nosanchuk 270
Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld 272
Sam Sokol 275
Ghita Schwarz 278
Eddy Neumann 280
Rabbi Abie Ingber 282
Rabbi Kinneret Shiryon 286
Hannah Rosenthal 290

Acknowledgments 295
Glossary 298
Index of Contributors 304
Credits 306
Notes 307

About the Author

Menachem Z. Rosensaft, who was born in the Displaced Persons camp of Bergen-Belsen, is general counsel of the World Jewish Congress, and teaches about the law of genocide and war crimes trials at the law schools of Columbia and Cornell Universities. Appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council by Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, he is founding chairman of the International Network of Children of Jewish Holocaust Survivors, senior vice president of the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and Their Descendants and a past president of Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, who survived Auschwitz and Buchenwald, has been the preeminent voice of conscience and Holocaust memory throughout the seven decades since the end of World War II. In 1984, Professor Wiesel delivered the keynote address at the First International Conference of Children of Holocaust Survivors in New York City, and he has graciously allowed us to publish excerpts from that address as his charge to the post-Holocaust generations as we explore who we are, what we believe and what we stand for in the pages of this book.

Reviews

The continuing effect of the Holocaust has been the subject of much study. This volume gives voice to a broad range of children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors who describe the ways this legacy continues to impact their worldview and their work in the world. These are heart-felt and moving testimonies.

The editor imposes order but not an orthodoxy to these responses. The four themes under which these responses are collected are guideposts that help the reader understand the variety of responses. If there is one common theme, it is that these are individuals who have used their legacy to move positively into the world.

This is not the first such anthology, nor will it be the last. It is a reminder that the horrors of 70-plus years ago continue to reverberate in our world. It should also be a reminder that the other atrocities that have shaken the world in the last century continue to shape the lives of millions, and would that we had a way to hear their testimony as well.

These reflections are enlightening and engaging. I would recommend them more as the stuff for occasional contemplation than for a straight read through the book. -- Rabbi Louis A. Rieser
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