Modern Solutions to Jewish Suffering and Evil
A Traditional Jewish Approach to the Problem of Evil
Jewish thinkers have long struggled to understand why the righteous suffer. Here are some of their answers.
The Holocaust: Responding to Modern Suffering
The events of the Holocaust put the problem of suffering at the fore of Jewish theological discourse.
When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Suffering is meaningless unless you decide otherwise.
Berkovits & Cohen: The Free Will Defense
The deviant use of human freedom, not God, is the source of evil and suffering.
The Holocaust as Revelation: Fackenheim & Greenberg
According to some thinkers, the events of the Nazi era initiated changes in the nature of Judaism.