Elijah fills a need for hope—and for justice.

the brutality of his father like Mystery; Ross’s parents were a smart, good-humored Jewish couple. I knew because they’d arrived at the seminar a few minutes after me and instantly started teasing him. Rather, Ross had been beaten down socially, which probably took a great toll on his psyche when combined with the constant teasing and high expectat

Where was God at Auschwitz? Sooner or later this was the question I had to ask, because the Holocaust still casts its shadow over Jewish life.