Witness (ePub)

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDBIOGRAPHYIn the vein of Tuesdays with Morrie, a devoted protege 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 Wieselnot only as an extraordinary human being, but as a master teacher. ';Witnessisbeautiful, and important . . . A superb piece of writing.' Parker Palmer, best-selling author of The Courage to Teach The world remembersElie WieselNobel laureate, activist, and author of more than forty books, including Oprah's Book Club selection Nightas a great humanist. He passed away in July 2016. Ariel Burger first met Elie Wiesel at age fifteen. They studied together and taughttogether. Witness chronicles the intimate conversations between these two men over decades, as Burger sought counsel on matters of intellect, spirituality, and faith, while navigatinghis 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.