Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom - Book Talk with Ariel Burger
03/05/2020 06:30 PM ET
Admission
- $5.00 - Subsidized admission
- $10.00 - Suggested admission - JCA member
- $12.00 - Suggested admission - general public
Location
Jewish Community Alliance
1342 Congress St.
Portland, ME 04102
United States of America
1342 Congress St.
Portland, ME 04102
United States of America
Description
Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom
Book Talk with Ariel Burger
Thursday, March 5th, 6:30 PM
Suggested admission: $10 - JCA members, $12 - general public
Witness opens an intimate window into Elie Wiesel’s classroom, in which conversations about ethics, activism, spirituality, and literature transformed the lives of students from around the world. Burger, one of Wiesel’s closest students, recounts his story of meeting the Nobel laureate at age 15, becoming his student, and then teaching assistant, and eventually a teacher in his own right. Weaving together memoir and stories from the classroom, Burger reflects on how Wiesel’s message might be applied today.