Witness : lessons from Elie Wiesel's classroom / Ariel Burger.
Material type: TextPublisher: Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018Description: 264 pages 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781328802699 (hardback)
- Wiesel, Elie, 1928-2016
- Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography
- Holocaust survivors -- Biography
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Study and teaching
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Influence
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Moral and ethical aspects
- RELIGION / Judaism / General
- EDUCATION / Philosophy & Social Aspects
- PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Humanism
- 848/.91409Â 23
- PQ2683.I32Â Z598 2018
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Book | Fort Scott Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Fort Scott Public Library | Adult Books | 848 Burg (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 35326000456150 | ||
Book | Independence Public Library Adult Non-Fiction | Independence Public Library | Adult Books | 848.91 BURGER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 36123001617750 |
"In the vein of Tuesdays with Morrie, a devoted prot�eg�e and friend of one of the world's great thinkers takes us into the sacred space of the classroom, showing Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel not only as an extraordinary human being, but as a master teacher"--
Ariel Burger first met Elie Wiesel at age fifteen. They studied together and taught together. Witness chronicles the intimate conversations between these two men over decades, as Burger sought counsel on matters of intellect, spirituality, and faith, while navigating his own personal journey from boyhood to manhood, from student and assistant to rabbi and, in time, teacher. In this profoundly hopeful, thought-provoking, and inspiring book, Burger takes us into Elie Wiesel's classroom, where the art of listening and storytelling conspire to keep memory alive. As Wiesel's teaching assistant, Burger gives us a front-row seat witnessing these remarkable exchanges in and out of the classroom.The act of listening, of sharing these stories, makes of us, the readers, witnesses"--
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