I found the interview of moshe Yosef daum and fela nussbaum very interesting. It seemed to have accurately portrayed both opinions on god from a survivors point of view. It's can be compared to the book of Job in many ways. In the book of job satin believed that job was only loyal to God because nothing significantly bad has ever happened to job. Because of this God said that Satin could torture job. God wanted to prove that even when bad things happened job would still prove loyal to God. Just like job, Fela did not stay faithful to God. Both job and fela experienced their first families dying then had new ones. Even though job and fela loved their new families they could not forgive God for letting their firsts die. Fela was loyal to God right up until she got off the train to Auschwitz where she had to make one of the hardest decisions a parent would have to make, fela had to decide weather to give up her child to die alone, or die with her child. It was a lose lose situation. Both fela and Job were confused. How could someone so powerful as God allow such terrible things to happen. Unlike job and fela,Moshe Yosef believed that “A God who limits himself to actions that we humans can understand couldn’t possibly be God.” Moshe Yosef staying faithful to God after surviving the holocaust is a miracle in its self. Moshe continued to stay loyal to God after liberation disputed his great suffering. This shows that even though satin won the bet with God in the book of job, even after going through a great hardship people can remain loyal to their God.
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