What Does (or Might) It Mean to Forgive?
(This is the third in a series of reflections on Simon Wiesenthal’s The Sunflower.) In his response to The Sunflower, Rabbi Arthur Waskow wishes to ask the Nazi in the story, “What would it mean for me to “forgive” you?” It is a key question. Before any considerations of whether Simon Wiesenthal “should” have forgiven the dying[…]
Forgiveness and the Absence of God
(This is the second in a series of reflections on Simon Wiesenthal’s classic The Sunflower: on the possibilities and limits of forgiveness.) “I read somewhere that it is impossible to break a man’s firm belief. If ever I thought that were true, life in a concentration camp taught me differently. It is impossible to believe[…]
