Children of Job: American Second-Generation Witnesses to the Holocaust
Dublin Core
Title
Children of Job: American Second-Generation Witnesses to the Holocaust
Subject
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Electronic Resource Item Type Metadata
Publication Date
1997
Publisher
State University of New York Press
Document Type
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780791496435, 0791496430
Region
United States
Access
Open Access
Abstract
Focusing on the novels and films of daughters and sons of Holocaust survivors, this book sheds light on the relationship between the Holocaust and contemporary Jewish identity. It is the first systematic analysis of a body of work that introduces a new generation of Jewish writers and filmmakers, as well as revealing how the survivors’ legacy is shaping–and being shaped by–the second generation.
Carefully studying the work of these contemporary children of Job, Berger demonstrates how the offspring, like the survivors themselves, represent a variety of orientations to Judaism, have significant theological differences, and share the legacy of the Shoah. Berger clearly shows that members of the second generation participate fully in both the American and Jewish dimensions of their identity and articulates distinctive second-generation theological and psychosocial themes.
Carefully studying the work of these contemporary children of Job, Berger demonstrates how the offspring, like the survivors themselves, represent a variety of orientations to Judaism, have significant theological differences, and share the legacy of the Shoah. Berger clearly shows that members of the second generation participate fully in both the American and Jewish dimensions of their identity and articulates distinctive second-generation theological and psychosocial themes.
Cataloger
Kristen Walker
Collection
Citation
“Children of Job: American Second-Generation Witnesses to the Holocaust,” ICMGLT Digital Library, accessed November 3, 2026, https://library.icmglt.org/items/show/887.