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This New Documentary About Elie Wiesel Comes Right on Time

JL;DR SUMMARY A decade after the passing of Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, a new documentary, "Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire," directed by Oren Rudavsky, aims to reintroduce Wiesel's enduring legacy to new generations, particularly young people unfamiliar with his work. 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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HolocaustMemoirHuman RightsEducationDocumentaryActivismElie WieselNightMemoryOren Rudavsky

Places mentioned

New York, United States
"The movie opens on Sept. 5 in New Yorks IFC Cinemas and in Los Angeles on Oct. 3."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"The movie opens on Sept. 5 in New Yorks IFC Cinemas and in Los Angeles on Oct. 3."
Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
"speaking against President Reagan for planning to honor the fallen at Germanys Bitburg Cemetery, where SS soldiers are buried."
Sighet, Maramureş, Romania
"when many of his village of Sighet, now in Romania, perished including his father, his mother and his little sister."
Jerusalem, Israel
"A Beggar in Jerusalem, about his experiences in Jerusalem in the aftermath of the Six-Day War,"

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