המנהיגות הרבנית בהולנד בתקופת השואה

Discusses the status of rabbis in national and local positions in relation to the Jewish communal leadership, the attitude of the Nazi occupation authorities towards the Jewish clergy, and rabbinical reactions to religious issues influenced by the war. States that although rabbis were involved in the leading national Jewish communal organizations, their status actually remained the same as in the prewar years. Despite the demanding times, rabbis did not become influential authorities, probably because of their prewar limited powers which were determined by the federative structure of Netherland's rabbinical apparatus and their limited weight within the secular majority of the Jewish community. However, the leading rabbis did not strive during the war for a more prominent position; they preferred to focus on rabbinical responsa and spiritual aid.