Comparing Holocaust Story to the Book of Job

           The story of Moshe Yosef Daum and Fela Nussbaum has similarities to the Book of Job and also has some differences. Both of the stories focus on how God can harm us at times or not protect us. In this story, it is questioned why God couldn't prevent the Holocaust. So many tragic things happened to Jews during the Holocaust such as babies being killed for no reason. These Jews, who worship and have faith in God, may have some doubt in him because of this occurrence. God not doing anything to stop the Holocaust is similar to the Book of Job because God tortured an innocent man just to prove a point. In both of these stories, God basically is just letting people get harmed. Also, these stories relate because both of them may raise questions about how faithful they should really be to God because of all the things that happened. The Jews in this story and Job in the Book of Job are very loyal to God, but it is hard for them to not have any doubts. This story is also different from the Book of Job. That is because in this story, God isn't making the holocausr happen, whereas in the Book of Job, God iasicslly just harmed Job for no good reason. The Holocaust was a result of Hitler and the Nazis' actions, and while God didn't stop this from happening, he certainly did not do this to them. In addition, these stories are different because the Holocaust affected millions of people, and in the Book of Job, only Job, has fsmily, and has servants aré affected. These stories are also similar because they differ from other stories where God does extraordinary things like in the story of Noah's Ark. In the story of Noah's Ark, God sends a huge flood to destroy mankind. In these stories, God is either doing nothing to prevent a catastrophic event or is just harming someone for no good reason.