January 28, 2016

Group One

What happened to Mr. Wiesel, Elie's father?

Group Two

What happened to Mr. Wiesel, Elie's father?

What was Elie's only desire?

Group Three

What happened to Mr. Wiesel, Elie's father?

What was Elie's only desire?

What happened on April 10, 1945?


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January 27, 2016

Group One

1.  While running, an idea began to fascinate Elie. What was the idea? What kept him from

carrying out his idea?

Group Two

1.  While running, an idea began to fascinate Elie. What was the idea? What kept him from

carrying out his idea?

2. What did Elie realize about Rabbi Eliahou and his son?

 
Group Three

1.  While running, an idea began to fascinate Elie. What was the idea? What kept him from

carrying out his idea?

2. What did Elie realize about Rabbi Eliahou and his son?

3. What was the name of the camp to which the men walked?


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January 26, 2016

Group One

What happened to the patients who stayed in the hospital instead of being evacuated?

Group Two

What happened to the patients who stayed in the hospital instead of being evacuated?

What was the last thing the head of the block ordered the men to do before they evacuated?

Why?

Group Three

What happened to the patients who stayed in the hospital instead of being evacuated?

What was the last thing the head of the block ordered the men to do before they evacuated?

Why?

What was the weather like during the evacuation?



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January 22, 2016

Group Pne

1. What was Elie's "inheritance" from his father? Why was his father giving it to him?

Group Two

1. What was Elie's "inheritance" from his father? Why was his father giving it to him?

2. Did the men remember to say the Kaddish for Akiba Drumer?

 

Group Three

1. What was Elie's "inheritance" from his father? Why was his father giving it to him?

2. Did the men remember to say the Kaddish for Akiba Drumer?

3. What did Elie dream of when he dreamed of a better world?

 

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January 21, 2016

Group One

Section 5, pages 63-80

1. What did the men do on the eve of Rosh Hashana?

Group Two

Section 5, pages 63-80

1. What did the men do on the eve of Rosh Hashana?

2. How did Elie feel while the others were praying?

Group Three

Section 5, pages 63-80

1. What did the men do on the eve of Rosh Hashana?

2. How did Elie feel while the others were praying?

3. What was Elie's decision about fasting on Yom Kippur? Why did he make that decision?

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January 20, 2016

Group One

Section 4, pages 45-62

1. What were the only things in which Elie took an interest?

2. How did Elie describe the men after the air raid?

Group Two

Section 4, pages 45-62

1. What were the only things in which Elie took an interest?

2. How did Elie describe the men after the air raid?

3. What happened to the young man from Warsaw? Why?

 

 
Group Three

Section 4, pages 45-62

1. What were the only things in which Elie took an interest?

2. How did Elie describe the men after the air raid?

3. What happened to the young man from Warsaw? Why?

4. How did Elie say the soup tasted the night the pipel (young servant boy) was hanged?

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January 19, 2016

Group One

Section 4, pages 45-62

1. Describe Elie's encounter with the dentist.

Group Two

Section 4, pages 45-62

1. Describe Elie's encounter with the dentist.

2. What did Elie Wiesel do when Idek hit his father? What was he thinking?

 
Group Three

Section 4, pages 45-62

1. Describe Elie's encounter with the dentist.

2. What did Elie Wiesel do when Idek hit his father? What was he thinking?

3. Who took Elie's gold tooth? Why did Elie give it up?

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January 15, 2016

Sections 2, 3, pages 21-43


Group One

1.  Which notorious SS officer did they meet at Auschwitz?

2.  What was Elie's main thought as the men and women were being herded from the train?

 

Group Two

What prayer were the people saying? Why was it unusual?

What did Elie do when the gypsy struck his father? Why? What was his father's response?

How long were Elie and his father at Auschwitz? Where did they go after that?

Group Three

Which notorious SS officer did they meet at Auschwitz?

8. What was Elie's main thought as the men and women were being herded from the train?

9. What prayer were the people saying? Why was it unusual?

10. What did Elie do when the gypsy struck his father? Why? What was his father's response?

11. How long were Elie and his father at Auschwitz? Where did they go after that?


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January 14, 2016

Sections 2, 3, pages 21-43

Group One

1. To what did Wiesel compare the world?

2. What did Madame Schächter see in her vision?

Group Two

1. To what did Wiesel compare the world?

2. What did Madame Schächter see in her vision?

3. How did the other people in the car react to Madame Schächter?

Group Three

1. To what did Wiesel compare the world?

2. What did Madame Schächter see in her vision?

3. How did the other people in the car react to Madame Schächter?

4. Where did the train stop?

5. What did the Jews in the train car discover when they looked out the window?


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January 13, 2016

Group One and Two

1.  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". 


2.  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?


Group Three

1.  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". 


2.  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


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January 12, 2016

Group One and Two

1.  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". 



2.  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?

 

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.

  

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January 11, 2016

Group One

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?

Group Two

 

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.

Group three

 

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?

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January 8. 2016

Group One


Define Getto

Make a complete sentence using that word.


Group Two


Define Getto, and who lives in the Getto

Make a complete sentence using that word.


Group Three


Define Getto, and who lives in the Getto

Make a complete sentence using that word.

Compare today's Getto and the Getto in the book.

January 7, 2016

Group One

1. Describe Moshe the Beadle.

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

Group Two

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?

he had returned to Sighet?

Group Three

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?



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January 6, 2016

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.

Group  One and Two

What is the responsibility that Elie Wiesel is talking about?

Do you think he has the responsibility to talk about it?



Group Three

What is the responsibility that Elie Wiesel is talking about?

Do you agree or Disagree with that?

Why or  why not?

January 5, 2016

Group One

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

Group Two

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

2. What interest do Moshe and Elie share?

Group Three

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?




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January 4, 2016

Group One


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

Group Two

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

2. Where is Sighet?

Group Three

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

2. Where is Sighet?

3. Where does Moshe the Beadle work?




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