Elie Wiesel, in memoriam

millions of others around the globe, I was gripped by Elie Wiesel and, through reading some of his writings, felt a connection to him. Felt like a student of his. In reality, I never met him. This year, I tried to arrange meeting with him. It was my dream, a walk with Elie Wiesel. A conversation with Elie Wiesel. He was too ill. It wasn’t to be. A part of me always dreaded that moment when he would be called from this world. Elie Wiesel’s departure was always going to be so significant, so impressionable. A world with Elie Wiesel versus a world without Elie Wiesel; without, as he came to be known, “the conscience of the world.” He chronicled his journeys and shared it […]