Word: wiesel
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...even aware that at this moment 30 teenage girls, and nine of the smartest teenage boys in the world, are sitting in the cold on the sidewalk outside 'N Sync's hotel just so they can scream at them as they are shuttled into a car. Elie Wiesel may have a Nobel Peace Prize, but he never had that...
...Wiesel asks and implores, "Why is there so much violence, so much hate? How is it conceived, transmitted, fertilized, nurtured? As we face the disquieting, implacable rise of intolerance and fanaticism on more than one continent, it is our duty to expose the danger. By naming it. By confronting it." One can only hope that the world can find the courage to do as he suggests...
History dominates Wiesel's memoirs. When he speaks of the present or the future, the Tragedy is his spoken or unspoken backdrop. When he describes his travels and meetings on behalf of victims, of Jews and of memory, the backdrop and players are the events and names of tomorrow's history books. The list of Wiesel's acquaintances is impressive--United States presidents and Israeli prime ministers, other Nobel laureates, Francois Mitterrand, Mikhail S. Gorbachev and many others. Wiesel does not attempt to recount the history of the past 30 years, but he calls on it. He provides his reactions...
...part, Wiesel weaves his personal and social memory together seamlessly. His memories flash by or linger, their movement evoking the river and sea of his titles. The beginning of the book is restless, hopping from name to name and from event to event. He pulls us, splashing, along the surface of the years. But he soon slows and we sink deeper--into his thoughts about living in the Diaspora, a tension that will return again and again. He delves into long discussions of Reagan's actions in the Bitburg Affair and of French president Francois Mitterrand. His thoughts are fascinating...
...Wiesel has worked on behalf of Holocaust survivors and on the behalf of victims of human rights abuses around the world. He has defended Israel and the Jewish people. He has denounced fanaticism and intolerance. He has not always succeeded in changing the views of others, but he has always tried. Wiesel's thoughts reflect the sadness of a life spent fighting an adversary that by all logic should never have existed and yet continues to roam the earth undefeated. His words are moving and inspiring, hopeful...