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Elie Wiesel as an American phenomenon and a family man

JL;DR SUMMARY Oren Rudavsky's documentary, "Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire," explores both the personal and public dimensions of Elie Wiesel's life, revealing his struggles and profound impact on Holocaust memory. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityAmerican JewryFamily DynamicsDocumentaryHolocaust EducationElie WieselHolocaust MemoryJewish ContinuityMoral Voice

Places mentioned

Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
"Wiesel passionately implored President Reagan to cancel a planned visit to the German military cemetery in Bitburg, once it had become known that Waffen-SS soldiers were buried there."
Buchenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"As anyone who has read Night knows, Wiesels father succumbed to dysentery in Buchenwald."
Sighet, Maramureş, Romania
"Elijah, also takes up the imperative and burden of Holocaust memory, traveling to Sighet to visit his grandfathers childhood home, now turned into a museum."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Naomi Seidman is the Chancellor Jackman Professor of the Arts at the University of Toronto."
New York, United States
"the dead may be saved opens the film and breaks into full voice at its ending, with Wiesel beautifully singing the messianic anthem Ani Maamin from the stage of the 92nd Street Y."
Newark, New Jersey, United States
"One of the brilliant 13-year-old students who discuss the novel in their Newark classroom suggests such an analysis."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"Jewish continuity is a bridge we narrate over the shifting sands of loss and change. The present, past, and future connect for a fleeting moment, only to drift apart like a dream, a film."

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