[Magdalen] RIP Elie Wiesel

[Joseph Cirou]

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>From: Allan Carr <allanc25 at gmail.com>
>Sent: Jul 2, 2016 6:32 PM
>To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>Subject: Re: [Magdalen] RIP Elie Wiesel
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>In the Huff Post, the announcement of his death is just above a grotesque tweet by Trump showing Hillary right next to a star of David with the words "Most corrupt candidate ever" inside it, all above a sea of dollar bills.
>We had read a number of Holocaust Memoirs over the years in our book club, and I had Night in my library. I decided to reread it. It turned out it was the first time I had read it. 

I read the entire book before going back to bed after an afternoon nap.

Thanks for the reminder.

We our Liturgy this afternoon, we have a number of Memorials. We will begin the LIttle Panikhida with the  Mourners' Kaddish for Elie Wiesel and the Victims of Orlando

Joe
  (Rev Joseph Cirou)

>What a juxtaposition. 
>
>Early in the sixties, I read Wiesel's trilogy, The Night Trilogy, year by year as the books came out.  I'm certain I was changed forever by reading them.
>
>> On Jul 2, 2016, at 1:10 PM, James Handsfield <jhandsfield at att.net> wrote:
>> 
>> The Telegraph is reporting that Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiezel has died.
>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/02/holocaust-survivor-elie-wiesel-dies/
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>> Education is its own reward, both for the individual and for society.
>> 
>> Jim Handsfield
>> jhandsfield at att.net
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