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Remembering Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize winner and author of many books including Night, died on Saturday. He was 87.
Here to remember Wiesel: Matthew Lazar, founding director of the Zamir Choral Foundation and musical director of "Elie Wiesel in Concert: Memories & Melodies of My Childhood," and Rabbi Ariel Burger, an educator, consultant, artist and longtime student of Elie Wiesel.
"Indifference is not a response. Indifference is not a beginning. It is the end." - Elie Wiesel ^ @BrianLehrer
— Josh Weinberger (@kitson) July 5, 2016@BrianLehrer as a son of a Holocaust survivor, #ElieWiesel book "Night" was the 1st time I was able to relate to my family's story
— ScottyEly (@VillageBroker) July 5, 2016