What to Read When You Want to Remember World War II
Linda Kass shares a reading list to celebrate A RITCHIE BOY.
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...moreThe survivor is left to ponder whom he has become.
...moreTo scrutinize the past, one must approach the walls between then and now.
...moreBecause is a call for more stories with specifics so well-rendered.
...moreFaith is about action, Professor Wiesel said that day. Faith is about what you do with that faith. Belief in God is to do, not to accept. So always the question: what can we do?
...moreWhen I began to write, it was to tell other survivors to write. All we have is words. The Atlantic recounts the extraordinary life and legacy of Elie Wiesel—Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate—in a loving tribute.
...moreFirst, Brandon Hicks contemplates the strange game of pricing art in “The Forgetful Painter.” And in the Saturday Interview, Arielle Bernstein talks to illustrator Ijeoma Oluo about her new publication, Badass Feminist Coloring Book, and the surprises she encountered while creating it. Oluo’s initial Kickstarter project outgrew its modest goals by a significant margin. “It was so […]
...moreListen carefully; there’s music in the air.
...morePerhaps the city looked more poignantly lovely because I was conscious of its tragic history.
...moreThis year I’m hacking the Haggadah again: collaging together a text from books and the Internet that captures the beautiful spirit of the ritual as I see it. At least the way I see it this year.
...moreWhen eighty-two-year-old Elie Wiesel was told he needed emergency heart surgery he was surprised rather than afraid.
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