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Jul 05, 2007 09:31 AM The Meaning of Suffering: Introduction by
In this special blog feature, The New Criterion invited Frontpagemag.com’s managing editor Jamie Glazov to arrange and host a panel on the meaning of suffering. Parts I-VIII constitute the first round of discussion. Parts IX-XV are follow-up responses. Roundtable Index: Introduction | Part I: Roth | Part II: Palazzi | Part III: Pearl | Part IV: Yellin | Part V: Guimond | Part VI: Glazov | Part VII: Evanier | Part VIII: Kimball | Responses-- Part IX: Roth
Jamie Glazov: Thank you kindly, and welcome readers of The New Criterion.
Is there a meaning to suffering? The question of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Ivan Karamazov comes to mind -- returning the ticket to God (rejecting God and His order) if there is one innocent suffering child in the world. At the same time, the paradox appears to be that at the moment of greatest weakness and man’s brokenness potentially lies the moment of his spiritual triumph. And perhaps the redemption of others.
Or is suffering futile?
I have invited a distinguished panel to explore this mystery -- the meaning of suffering. Our guests are:
Roger Kimball, co-editor and publisher of the New Criterion and publisher of Encounter Books. He is the author of many books, including The Rape of the Masters: How Political Correctness Sabotages Art. Dr. Gregory Yuri Glazov, Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology at Seton Hall University and the Coordinator of the Great Spiritual Books Program for the Seminary’s Institute for Christian Spirituality. He earned an M.Phil. and a D. Phil. in Jewish Studies in the Graeco-Roman World as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University and is the author of The ‘Bridling of the Tongue’ and the ‘Opening of the Mouth’ in Biblical Prophecy (Sheffield Academic Press 2001). He specializes in Old Testament Prophecy, Wisdom Literature and Jewish-Christian Relations. His translation of and commentary on Vladimir Solovyov’s Writings on Judaism and his own book on Judaism: Judaism as a Saving Covenant: Models of Judaism in Catholic Perspective are due to be published this year.
Judea Pearl, the father of Daniel Pearl and president of the Daniel Pearl Foundation (www.danielpearl.org) is a professor of computer science and artificial intelligence at UCLA. He is the author of numerous scientific articles and books on reasoning, decision making and causal modelling, and co-editor of "I am Jewish: Personal Reflection Inspired by the Last Words of Daniel Pearl" (2004). Dr. Pearl writes frequently on Jewish-Muslim dialogue, East-West relations, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Frimet Roth, a freelance writer based in Jerusalem who frequently contributes articles dealing with terrorism and with special-needs children. She and her husband founded and run (as unpaid volunteers) the Malki Foundation ( www.kerenmalki.org ) in memory of their daughter who was murdered at the age of 15 in a terror attack in the center of Jerusalem. The foundation provides concrete support for Israeli families of all religions who care at home for a special-needs child. She can be reached at frimet.roth@gmail.com.
Sheikh Prof. Abdul Hadi Palazzi, Director of the Cultural Institute of the Italian Islamic Community.
Fr. Maurice Guimond, a Trappist monk at Our Lady of Calvary Abbey, in Rogersville, New Brunswick, Canada. He was superior of his community for ten years.
Rabbi Richard Yellin, a pulpit rabbi of 38 years who continues to serve a major 2,000 member congregation in Florida going on 9 years. Born in Philadelphia, and having served for 2 years in Korea as a Chaplain, 5 years in Washington, and 16 years in Boston, Rabbi Yellin became an Israeli citizen and served as Advisor to the mayors of both Netanya and Beer-Sheva for seven years. He served as the Jewish Chaplain of the Newton, Massachusetts Police Department, and presently is the Jewish Chaplain of the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office. Rabbi Yellin was the Chairman of the International Rabbinic Cabinet of Israel Bonds, of several major committees of the Synagogue Council of America and is the President of the Scholarship Fund for Ethiopian Jews in Israel. He has lectured in eight countries around the world, and his 125 articles have appeared in major newspapers. Rabbi Yellin has taken 2 groups for private meetings with Pope John Paul II, and he has met privately with the Pope on two other occasions. He has led 20 missions to Israel, and with his wife, Ora, each year leads a group of his own congregants to Israel. In addition to 7 married children and 15 grandchildren, he cares for his elderly mother in Florida, which is why he has returned from Israel. and
David Evanier, both a novelist and a journalist. He is the author of Red Love, The One-Star Jew, The Swinging Headhunter, Roman Candle: The Life of Bobby Darin, and Making the Wiseguys Weep: The Jimmy Roselli Story. He is co-author with Joe Pantoliano of Who’s Sorry Now. He is a former fiction editor of The Paris Review, assistant editor of The New Leader, assistant editor of Hadassah Magazine, writer for the civil rights and research division of the Anti-Defamation League, and a contributor to Commentary, The Weekly Standard, National Review, and The American Enterprise. He is the author of the new novel-in-stories, The Great Kisser.
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