# Theoritology

Orit Arfa's musings on Torah, philosophy and theology.

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## [Without the Jews, the World Would Be a Beer Joint. Period](https://oritarfa.substack.com/p/without-the-jews-the-world-would)

_2026-07-29 · Orit Arfa_

This letter—my grandfather's ode to Judaism—delivers one of his best lines.

## [A Capo in Auschwitz asked me to make a Jew laugh so that he could hunt for his golden teeth](https://oritarfa.substack.com/p/a-capo-in-auschwitz-asked-me-to-make)

_2026-07-07 · Orit Arfa_

Then this happened.

## [This Hit TV Show Is an Answer to Mamdani](https://oritarfa.substack.com/p/this-hit-tv-show-is-an-answer-to)

_2026-07-05 · Orit Arfa_

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, Apple's Pluribus dramatizes the ravages of "warm" collectivism and the heroism of "frigid" individualism

## ["Witek the Pole" helped me survive Auschwitz](https://oritarfa.substack.com/p/witek-the-pole-helped-me-survive)

_2026-06-30 · Orit Arfa_

In this letter, my grandfather tells the fascinating story of "Witek the Pole", and how Witek helped him survive by secretly trading goods in the Auschwitz subcamp

## [I was among the lucky ones](https://oritarfa.substack.com/p/i-was-among-the-lucky-ones)

_2026-06-22 · Orit Arfa_

My grandfather, Henryk Arfa, describes how, with God's help, he averted death by hanging in the Lodz Ghetto and later the gas chamber in Auschwitz

## [Spinoza and the Spies](https://oritarfa.substack.com/p/spinoza-and-the-spies)

_2026-06-18 · Orit Arfa_

This is the drasha I delivered as part of a Kabbalat Shabbat service I led for Jewish military service members at an American army base in Bavaria on June 12, Parshat Shlach.

## [I Was Booed in Poland for Being a Jew](https://oritarfa.substack.com/p/i-was-booed-as-jew-in-poland)

_2026-06-16 · Orit Arfa_

In this first published letter by Henryk Arfa, he recounts the primitive antisemitism he felt as a Jewish school kid in Poland and the power of cantorial music to uplift him

## [The Destructive Power of Just One Word](https://oritarfa.substack.com/p/the-destructive-power-of-just-one)

_2026-06-11 · Orit Arfa_

The story of the spies in Parshat Shlach in the Book of BaMidbar (Numbers) teaches us how one word can have the destructive force of a standstorm

## [From Auschwitz to America](https://oritarfa.substack.com/p/from-auschwitz-to-america)

_2026-06-08 · Orit Arfa_

On the 30th yahrzeit of my grandfather Henryk Arfa, I begin publishing his handwritten letters with a biographical overview

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## [Introducing the letters of my grandfather, Henryk Arfa, Auschwitz survivor](https://oritarfa.substack.com/p/introducing-the-letters-of-my-grandfather)

_2026-06-01 · Orit Arfa_

With the transcription and publication of "Henryk Arfa's Letters," I fulfill my grandfather's wish to share his ideas with the world. And they also give me strength.