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TraditionOnline Author: Helfgot, Nathaniel In: Summer 2021 Issue 53.3
In 1970, Emil Fackenheim published his seminal volume, God’s Presence in History in which he argued that the Holocaust created an imperative, a "614th commandment" for Jews, Judaism, and the State of Israel to survive and thrive in order not to give Hitler a posthumous victory.
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REVIEW: Kenneth Hart Green, The Philosophy of Emil Fackenheim: From Revelation to the Holocaust (Cambridge University Press, 2020), 416 pages How central of a role should a singular historical event play in the life of Jew? For Emil Fackenheim (1916-2003), there was no role too large.