Witness lessons from Elie Wiesel's classroom
"[Elie Wiesel] taught at Boston University for nearly four decades, and with this book, Ariel Burger--devoted protégé, apprentice, and friend--takes us into the sacred space of Wiesel's classroom. There, Wiesel challenged his students to explore moral complexity and to resist the dangerous lure of...
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Witness : |b lessons from Elie Wiesel's classroom / |c Ariel Burger. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Lessons from Elie Wiesel's classroom |
| 264 | 1 | |a Boston ; |a New York : |b Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, |c 2018. | |
| 300 | |a xv, 264 pages : |b illustration ; |c 22 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 520 | |a "[Elie Wiesel] taught at Boston University for nearly four decades, and with this book, Ariel Burger--devoted protégé, apprentice, and friend--takes us into the sacred space of Wiesel's classroom. There, Wiesel challenged his students to explore moral complexity and to resist the dangerous lure of absolutes. In bringing together never-before-recounted moments between Wiesel and his students, Witness serves as a moral education in and of itself--a primer on educating against indifference, on the urgency of memory and individual responsibility, and on the role of literature, music, and art in making the world a more compassionate place."--Dust jacket flap. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Introduction -- |t Memory -- |t Otherness -- |t Faith and doubt -- |t Madness and rebellion -- |t Activism -- |t Beyond words -- |t Witness -- |t Postscript. |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Wiesel, Elie, |d 1928-2016. |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |x Study and teaching. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |x Influence. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |x Moral and ethical aspects. | |
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| 690 | 0 | |a Kofman, Nadine tribute. | |
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