ARIEL BURGER
Congregation Beth El
422 Shirley Ave, Norfolk

FREE and open to the community with RSVP
 

In the vein of Tuesdays with Morrie, a devoted protégé and friend of one of the world’s great thinkers takes readers into the sacred space of the classroom, showing Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel not only as an extraordinary human being, but as a master teacher.

Ariel Burger first met Elie Wiesel at age 15. Witness chronicles the intimate conversations between these two men over decades, as Burger sought counsel on matters of intellect, spirituality, and faith, while navigating his own personal journey from boyhood to manhood, from student and assistant to rabbi and, in time, teacher.

In this hopeful, thought-provoking, and inspiring book, Burger takes readers into Elie Wiesel’s classroom, where the art of listening and storytelling conspire to keep memory alive and makes of us, the readers, witnesses.

Presented by the  Milton "Mickey" Kramer Scholar -in-Residence Fund of the Congregation Beth El Foundation’s Tidewater Together series. in partnership with the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater's & the Simon Family JCC’s Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival and the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater’s Holocaust Commission, in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

“An insightful and winsome love letter—and, for newcomers to Wiesel, a good introduction.”
— Kirkus

Event Location

Congregation Beth El
422 Shirley Avenue
Norfolk, 23517