en force able . ▁ ▁Green berg ▁notes ▁that ▁there ▁have ▁been ▁several ▁terrible ▁destru ctions ▁of ▁the ▁Jewish ▁community , ▁each ▁with ▁the ▁effect ▁of ▁dist ancing ▁the ▁Jewish ▁people ▁further ▁from ▁God . ▁According ▁to ▁rabb in ic ▁literature , ▁after ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁the ▁First ▁Temple ▁in ▁Jerusalem ▁and ▁the ▁mass - k illing ▁of ▁Jerusalem ' s ▁Jews , ▁the ▁Jews ▁received ▁no ▁more ▁direct ▁prop he cy . ▁After ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁the ▁second ▁Temple ▁in ▁Jerusalem ▁and ▁the ▁mass - k illing ▁of ▁Jerusalem ' s ▁Jews , ▁the ▁Jews ▁no ▁longer ▁could ▁present ▁sacrific es ▁at ▁the ▁Temple . ▁This ▁way ▁of ▁reaching ▁God ▁was ▁at ▁an ▁end . ▁After ▁the ▁Hol oca ust , ▁Green berg ▁con cludes ▁that ▁God ▁does ▁not ▁respond ▁to ▁the ▁pray ers ▁of ▁Jews ▁anymore . ▁ ▁Thus , ▁God ▁has ▁un il ater ally ▁broken ▁his ▁c oven ant ▁with ▁the ▁Jewish ▁people . ▁In ▁this ▁view , ▁God ▁no ▁longer ▁has ▁the ▁moral ▁authority ▁to ▁command ▁people ▁to ▁follow ▁his ▁will . ▁Green berg ▁does ▁not ▁conclude ▁that ▁Jews ▁and ▁God ▁should ▁part ▁ways ; ▁rather ▁he ▁holds ▁that ▁we ▁should ▁he al ▁the ▁c oven ant ▁between ▁Jews ▁and ▁God , ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁Jewish ▁people ▁should ▁accept ▁Jewish ▁law ▁on ▁a ▁volunt ary ▁basis . ▁ ▁His ▁views ▁on ▁this ▁subject ▁have ▁made ▁him ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁much ▁criticism ▁within ▁the ▁Orth odox ▁community . ▁ ▁El ie ▁Wies el ▁A ▁Roman ian ▁Jewish - American