Today in class we read an article titled "Holocaust Survivors: The Search of Faith." This article is an interview of a man named Menachem Daum, the son of Holocaust survivors. The article tells the story of his parents and what happened to them during the Holocaust, what type of people they were and what they lost because of the Holocaust. However, the question that the article revolves around is: How could God have permitted such a tragedy (The Holocaust)? There are many possible answers to this question. The question we have been asked to answer is: How is the story of Moshe Yosef Daum and Fela Nussbaun (Menachem's parents) similar to that of Job? How is it different? In the article, not much information about Menachem's family is revealed, but from what is given, the family was happy and apparently religious, just like Job. In both stories, both groups of people had to experience suffering, but for different reasons. In the story of Job, Job experience suffering because God made a deal with to Devil to test his loyalty to God. In Menachem's parents' story, they had to experience suffering because of Hitler. In the end of both however, God's name is cursed in a way. In the story of Job, Job curses the day of his birth. In the article, the mother said that she would demand answers during the final judgement. When we question why God does what He does, we don't always get the answers that satisfy the question.
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