The further one gets from a moment in history, including a catastrophe, the more one begins to think about it comparatively. The Holocaust is a great example. Richard Rubenstein published After Auschwitz in 1966 sparking a scholarly subdiscipline of “post-Holocaust theology” that included a debate about the Holocaust’s uniqueness. This inspired thinking The post Triumphalism and Desperation, or, “To What May October 7 be Compared?”: Is October 7 the End of an Era that Began in Jun...
