Elie Wiesel Dies at 87

May his memory be for a blessing

Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, dead at 87
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/02/world/elie-wiesel-dies/index.html

Amen

His dedication to education was impressive. I met him in junior high when he addressed our class around 1978 or so. Very engaging - a gentle man.

"And every man beneath his vine and fig tree

 Shall live in peace

 And be unafraid"

I saw this yesterday. Quite a loss to the world.   

"Baruch Dayan HaEmet"...."Blessed is the true Judge"

(Jewish expression upon hearing of a death)

Elie Weisel was the quintessential definition of a "mensch" (a fine human being) and a "tzaddick" (a righteous one), a scholar and an outspoken eloquent witness. 

http://www.npr.org/2008/04/07/89357808/a-god-who-remembers?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160702

When our youngest had to read "Night" for school, I decided to read it with him because I'd never read it. I finished it in two days. A lovely man with a loving spirit. He left us with a wealth of knowledge. 

Cantor Riki Lippitz, of South Orange's Oheb Shalom, interviewed on her memories of her teacher

http://www.wnyc.org/story/remembering-elie-wiesel/

I know he was an old man (87),  and everyone will eventually die, but I felt so incredibly sad upon hearing this news. 

This article gives a very negative view of Wiesel. Curious what others think.

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krugle said:

This article gives a very negative view of Wiesel. Curious what others think.

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Which article was this.  I found an article posted on IHR.org that was critical of Wiesel, but I would expect no less from a Holocaust-denier site.

Probably one about Max Blumenthal and Mr Wiesel Never talk ill of the dead( at least not till the shiva is over)  What a shanda.