Witness

<p><strong>In the vein of <em>Tuesdays with Morrie</em> a devoted protégé and friend of one of the world's great thinkers takes us 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.</strong><br /><br />"<em>Witness</em> is beautiful and important . . . A superb piece of writing." -- Parker Palmer best-selling author of <em>The Courage to Teach </em><br /><br />The world remembers Elie Wiesel--Nobel laureate activist and author of more than forty books including Oprah's Book Club selection <em>Night--</em>as a great humanist. He passed away in July 2016.<br /><br />Ariel Burger first met Elie Wiesel at age fifteen. They studied together and taught together. <em>Witness </em>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.<br /><br />In this profoundly hopeful thought-provoking and inspiring book Burger takes us into Elie Wiesel's classroom where the art of listening and storytelling conspire to keep memory alive. As Wiesel's teaching assistant Burger gives us a front-row seat witnessing these remarkable exchanges in and out of the classroom. The act of listening of sharing these stories makes of us the readers witnesses.</p>