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Auschwitz: Contemporary Jewish and Christian Encounters (Studies in Judaism and Christianity)
Auschwitz Contemporary Jewish and Christian Encounters - Studies in Judaism and Christianity Author:Dina Wardi Dina Wardi, an Israeli Jewish psychologist noted for her work with Holocaust survivors and their children, has written an emotional and cathartic account of her experience leading a multi-national group of Catholic nuns and priests during a conference on anti-Semitism, persecutions and Holocaust, which included visits to the Auschwitz concentrat... more »ion camp. Wardi takes us the through this experience as both a Jewish woman experiencing the camps for the first time and as a professional counselor in Holocaust trauma. The result is a dynamic portrayal of a trip to this most sacred place that has profoundly affected the lives and mission of all involved. This is an important and healing study of the Jewish-Christian dialogue with regard to Christian Holocaust guilt, anti-Semitism in the Catholic Church, and ecumenism. It is a book to be read by all with interest in: § Jewish-Christian relations and learning