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December 4, 2024

Emil Fackenheim’s Theological Genius, and Its Blind Spots

The problem with trying to root moral imperatives in Auschwitz.

Emil Fackenheim was one of the most important and profound Jewish theologians of the postwar era, perhaps best known for his famous formulation of a “614th commandment”—in addition to the 613 rabbinic tradition identified in the Torah—“to deny Hitler the posthumous victory” by preserving the Jewish people and religion. James A. Diamond reviews Kenneth Hart Green’s new study of this rabbi’s thought:

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December 4, 2024

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