The Holocaust and the Book of Job

Over the last couple of days, we have learned about the Old Testament and the Hebrews in class. Last night, we read the first part of the Book of Job. This is a hit a man named Job. He is very well off and successful until one day, Satan cursed him and he was tortured until he lost his faith in god. He was cursed with sores upon his body and his cattle died. Today, we read a story from the son of a Holocaust survivor. The Holocaust was when Adolf Hitler killed over six million Jews during WWII. In this story, Menachem Daum, the son of Holocausts survivors, tells what it was like for his parents during the hardships and how they stayed faithful to god. In the Book of Job, even when Job is cursed, he still has faith in god and he prayed to get better. In the story of Daum's parents, even when they were taken away, they tried as hard as they could to keep their faith. Even, when it was illegal to pray and be Jewish, they still put on tefillin and said their daily prayers. They are similar because they still had faith in god even in the worst of circumstances. What is different about these two stories is that when Daum's parents stopped praying, they were saved, yet Job was not. Even though it took years for Daum's parents and the Jews to be freed, they were still freed and were given opportunities in the future. Job was cursed and when he lost his faith in God, God lost faith in him. This is how a story of a Holocaust survivor is similar yet different to the Book of Job