Tag Archives: Elie Wiesel

“Mayne khaveyrim” (elie wiesel)

Posted on July 7, 2016 by zjb

“One who says that he hears the footsteps of the Messiah hears only the steps of my old friends. Those who went into the pale night twenty years ago, and were engulfed in flames by the angels.” Elie Wiesel, “Mayne … Continue reading →

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(Not) Remembering Elie Wiesel

Posted on July 6, 2016 by zjb

About the late 1970s and early 1980s in Baltimore, I distinctly recall when it was I bought Hertzberg’s The Zionist Idea and the big A Treasury of Yiddish Stories. I remember quite clearly what it felt like reading the essays in Buber’s On … Continue reading →

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Elie Wiesel (z”l)

Posted on July 2, 2016 by zjb

(1948-1949) (France) I wanted to post this photo of a twenty something year old Elie Wiesel; it’s not the first picture that comes to mind. I’m over 50 years old and I’ve never seen it before. I’m looking at a … Continue reading →

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