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HuffPost Entertainment "Elie advocated an enduring memory of the unthinkable as he offered testimony to the unspeakable."
Responding To The Call Of Elie Wiesel
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This past Saturday saw the loss of one of humanity's greatest lights with the passing of Nobel Peace laureate Elie Wiesel. We were both privileged to kno...
117 months ago
The New Yorker "Many of us who admired Elie Wiesel in our youth became increasingly impatient with his inability to see the [Israeli] occupation for what it was," Bernard Avishai writes.
Postscript: Elie Wiesel, 1928—2016
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Elie Wiesel, who died on Saturday, wrote fifty-seven books, yet the obituaries and tributes refer to him more consistently as a witness than a writer.
117 months ago
The New Yorker To the dismay of Israeli peace activists, Elie Wiesel rarely, if ever publicly, raised his voice against any Israeli actions: not the bombings of Beirut in 1982, not the subsequent massacre at Sabra and Shatila.
Postscript: Elie Wiesel, 1928—2016
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Elie Wiesel, who died on Saturday, wrote fifty-seven books, yet the obituaries and tributes refer to him more consistently as a witness than a writer.
117 months ago
Daily Mail Family and friends gathered to bid farewell to Elie Wiesel
117 months ago
The New York Times Elie Wiesel was a writer of uncommon influence.
117 months ago
NBC News "He raised his voice, not just against anti-Semitism, but against hatred, bigotry and intolerance in all its forms. He implored each of us, as nations and as human beings, to do the same, to see ourselves in each other and to make real that pledge of
Read more ... "never again." -President Barack Obama on Elie Wiesel
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Refinery29 “I swore never to be silent whenever wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation.” - Elie Wiesel
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The Daily Beast "One day the last survivor will be gone. I don’t want to be that one. Because the idea to be the last, with all the memories, and all the spoken and unspoken ideas, and words, I don’t want to be that one." — Elie Wiesel
117 months ago
The Wandering Werewolf: An Adventure Travelogue For as long as I can remember — with exception of the flood years — you could drive onto Stansbury Island by way of the dike. I’ve been out to the island several times during my life. There was a mountain biking adventure in which I almost lost
Read more ... my bike (and myself) over the edge of the trail about ten years ago, hiking two years ago, and getting lost on the island a few years back. http://thewanderingwerewolf.com/stansbury-island-a-day-in-the-life-of-luke/
124 months ago
Los Angeles Times The police shootings of Timothy Stansbury and Akai Gurley had something important in common: The officers who shot the unarmed men were using Glock pistols. Writing in Los Angeles Times Opinion, weapons expert Bob Owens says police departments across
Read more ... the country need to stop using accident-prone Glock handguns.
Why the police shouldn't use Glocks
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Timothy Stansbury died in a New York housing project stairwell in 2004 because he startled a police officer. The officer's surprise at encountering Stansbury caused the officer's hand to clench and his weapon to fire. The death was ruled accidental b
Read more ... y a grand jury, though the officer was later strip…
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