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Where was God during the Holocaust? 

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Questions throughout history regarding the existence of God, as well as the notion of individual and collective providence, have been with us since the time of the Bible. The systematic murder of Europe’s Jews during the Holocaust sharpens this question even further. 

Prof. Zvi Bachrach, historian and Holocaust survivor, Israel

Prof. Zvi Bachrach, historian and Holocaust survivor, Israel

Prof. Eliezer Schweid, Israeli scholar, writer and Professor of Jewish Philosophy

Prof. Eliezer Schweid, Israeli scholar, writer and Professor of Jewish Philosophy

Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Holocaust survivor

Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, former Chief Rabbi of Israel, Holocaust survivor

Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, former Archbishop of Paris, Holocaust survivor, France

Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, former Archbishop of Paris, Holocaust survivor, France

Borukh Gorin, Rabbi, Head of the Department of Public Relations of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia

Borukh Gorin, Rabbi, Head of the Department of Public Relations of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia