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Category Archives: Elie Wiesel
The Miniaturization of Atrocity: Rena Kornreich Gelissen and the Pedagogy of Ordinary Obligation
Jeffrey Alexander’s theory of cultural trauma identifies carrier groups, narrative entrepreneurs, and receptive audiences as the machinery through which suffering becomes collective moral identity. What the theory is less explicit about is the problem of saturation, the specific challenge that … Continue reading
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‘When I was nineteen years old, Elie Wiesel grabbed my ass’
Jenny Listman writes: The photographer was about to take the photo when Elie Wiesel yelled, “Wait!!”. He then lunged (this is not an exaggeration — he looked as if he was performing a fencing move) out of the middle of the arrangement, … Continue reading
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Why Should I Pray?
In his first lecture on R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinksi for Torah in Motion, history professor Marc B. Shapiro says: “What do you see in Elie Wiesel’s book Night? Wiesel never rejects the existence of God. He describes his journey from … Continue reading
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The Jewish Funders Network & United Federations Emergency Meeting In Israel
This happened this week. Anyone have the scoop? There were a lot of anxious people comparing notes. Rachel emails: "Your first article yesterday was all the talk at the Jewish Funders Network emergency meeting, and the United Federations emergency meeting … Continue reading
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Tagged bear stearns, Elie Wiesel, elie wiesel foundation, funders, Israel, jewish funders network, lehman brothers, network emergency, philanthropic world, scoop
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Inside The Elie Wiesel Foundation
From the Times of London Dec. 20, 2008: It takes an extraordinarily heartless conman to swindle a survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald and Nobel Peace Prize winner out of all his charitable funds. Yet that is exactly what Bernard “Bernie” … Continue reading
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Tagged elie weisel, Elie Wiesel, elie wiesel foundation, elie wiesel foundation for humanity, financial meltdown, howard sobel, internal revenue code, latham and watkins, madoff, nine times, nobel peace prize, nobel peace prize winner, peace prize winner, us taxpayer
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