Patterson (Judaic studies, U. of Memphis) offers a Jewish response to the Shoah, and a view of what makes a Jewish response Jewish. He does not claim that there is only one Jewish response, or that a Jewish response is any better or worse than any other. The Nazi assault on Jews included an assault on the Torah, he argues, and so it is to the Torah that he turns for a response. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)