Perception of Holocaust from The Point of View of Judaism

VNÍMÁNÍ HOLOCAUSTU Z HLEDISKA JUDAISMU Perception of Holocaust from The Point of View of Judaism Summary Vnímání holocaustu z hlediska judaismu Perception of Holocaust from The Point of View of Judaism Mgr. Alžběta Nováková The thesis " Perception of Holocaust from The Point of View of Judaism" presents an overview of the Holocaust theology of Judaism. Holocaust brought up many burning questions that can torment a religious person and does not allow him to be at peace. We are unable to answer the question why Holocaust happened upto day. According to Judaism we will know the truth only after the arrival of Messiah. The work is divided into two sections. First section takes a look at possible individual theology models of Holocaust, both those based on Bible directly or those based on mysticism and also at new theories formulated as the outcome of Holocaust. There are fourteen models presented here all commented on by the Chief Rabbi of Prague and the Czech Republic Karol Efraim Sidon. The following theories belong to the possible theological models of Holocaust: 1. Theory of reward and punishment. There is number of opinions what was the cause of Holocaust. For some it was caused by secular Jews, for some by Zionists and third group puts the blame on Jews who did not want to move to the Sacred Land of..