February 10, 2015

In our class lesson, we discuss an Oprah interview with Elie Wiesel,

Oprah: Did you ever hate your oppressors?

Elie: I had anger but never hate. Before the war, I was too busy studying [the Bible and the Cabala] to hate. After the war, I thought, "What's the use?" To hate would be to reduce myself.

What does Elie mean when he said, "To hate would be reduce myself". 

Oprah: Do you think that God lives in the people—and the people stand by and watch the children suffer?

Elie: The opposite of love is not hate, but indifference.

Oprah: Because indifference allows the world to stand by and watch?

Elie: Indifference creates evil.

Oprah: Doesn't hatred create evil?

Elie: Hatred is evil itself. Indifference is what allows evil to be strong, what gives it power.


Do you agree or disagree with Elie about Hatred and Indifference?  Explain

February 9, 2015

Group One and Two


Define each word


ration

evacuate

abandon

exhaust

apathy


Group Three

Define each word and write a sentence using the word.

February 8, 2015

What was the public reaction to Moshe's story?

What was the setting and the year for the first section of the book? What was the world

condition at the time?

Describe, in order, the events that happened from the last day of Passover until Pentecost.

How did Wiesel say he felt about the Hungarian police?

Who was Martha? What happened when she visited the Wiesel family in the ghetto?

February 6, 2015

1. Describe Moshe the Beadle.

2. Describe Elie Wiesel's father. What was his occupation?

3. Why was Moshe the Beadle important to Elie Wiesel?

4. Summarize the story Moshe the Beadle told on his return from being deported. Why did he say

he had returned to Sighet?

February 5,2015

SOMETIMES I AM ASKED if I know "the response to Auschwitz"; I answer that not only do I not know it, but that I don't even know if a tragedy of this magnitude has a response. What I do know is that there is "response" in responsibility. When we speak of this era of evil and darkness, so close and yet so distant, "responsibility" is the key word.

What is the responsibility that Elie Wiesel is talking about?

February 3, 2015

1. How do the people of Sighet regard Elie's father?

 

 

 

 

2. What interest do Moshe and Elie share?

 

 

 

 

3. What happens to the foreign Jews in Sighet when the Hungarian police arrive?

February 2, 2015

1. Who is the first person to be introduced in the book, Night?

 

 

2. Where is Sighet?

 

 

3. Where does Moshe the Beadle work?