Welcome to Circa 1945: Breaking the Machine. A podcast of parables about the Holocaust — and what it would take to build a genocide-proof society.

Studying the most evil times in history can help us understand them, and understanding is power and freedom.

In the last episode, I talked about blindness and propaganda.

Today’s story is about suffering. How different traditions explain it, and why the Jewish answer is the one I’ve come to love.

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