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The Auschwitz praxis was based on a new principle: for one portion of mankind, existence itself is a crime, punishable by humiliation, torture, and death. And the new world produced by this praxis included two kinds of inhabitants, those who were given the "punishment" and those who administered it.
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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work—that goes on, it adds up.
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Emil Fackenheim
Born:
June 22, 1916
Died:
September 18, 2003
(aged 87)
Bio:
Emil Ludwig Fackenheim was a noted Jewish philosopher and Reform rabbi.
Known for:
To mend the world (1982)
God's Presence in History (1970)
The Jewish return into history (1978)
The God within (1996)
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