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March 14, 2016

Don’t Let American Judaism Become a Holocaust Cult

Memory is sacred, but victimhood cannot be the foundation stone of Jewish identity.

If American Jews are asked to explain the role of Judaism in their lives, writes Charles Krauthammer, they are most likely to respond by citing ritual observance, a commitment to social justice, or memory of the Holocaust. Krauthammer points to the danger of putting a single historical catastrophe at the center of Jewish identity:

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March 14, 2016

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  3. Don’t Let American Judaism Become a Holocaust Cult

    Memory is sacred, but victimhood cannot be the foundation stone of Jewish identity.

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