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Abstracts
Alexander Even-Chen
I–You–Other–God
Buber, Heschel and Levinas
Nietzsche's ideology reflects not only man's loss of faith in God,
but also man's loss of faith in himself. God and Man were
murdered in an existential crisis. In this paper we will present and
compare the responses of Buber, Heschel and Levinas to this crisis.
All three attempted to apply their views in real life. Heschel
claimed that marching at the side of Martin Luther King was a
profound religious experience for him, that his ‘legs were praying.”
He believed that man’s obligation to realize justice in the world
carries a significant religious meaning. In his opinion, Divine
revelation occurs with human revelation, and he no doubt saw
himself, when striding alongside King, as partner to the prophets’
struggle for social justice.
Buber also believed in the human source of the eclipsed Divine
light, and that man has the ability to allow the ‘Eternal Thou’ to
once again fill a decisive role. For Levinas, the emphasis is on
man’s obligation to man, stemming from an awareness of the
‘other.’
All three thinkers were committed to the struggle for justice. At
the base of this commitment was a powerful sense of responsibility.
Zeev Goldberg
"A Generation Comes and a Generation Goes"
Avraham Goldfaben's Philosophy of Jewish Education
This article discusses the ideology of Avraham Goldfaben, the man
known as the father of Yiddish theatre, shedding light on his unique