Reader's Guide to Elie Wiesel's Rashi

This document is a two-day program (November 3-4, 2013) for a conference titled "Projet Colloque Elie WIESEL: 'De la France aux Etats-Unis: les stratégies du survivant'". The event was held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and focused on the work of Elie Wiesel. The program lists Cyril Aslanov and Michaël de Saint-Cheron as conference directors, and details the schedule of sessions, including chairs and speakers. Presentations cover various aspects of Wiesel's oeuvre, such as translation of "Un di velt hot geshvign" to "La Nuit", biblical and Hasidic celebration, his dialogue with Mauriac and Lustiger, the question of Christianizing the Holocaust, "Les juifs du silence", and the function of insanity in his novels. Contributors include academics from institutions like Bar Ilan, Trinity University, Paris 7 – D. Diderot, and Universität Basel.

This document is a program for a "Musical Evening" held in honor of Professor Elie Wiesel, featuring "Birthday Greetings" and a performance of "Hatikva." The program lists a diverse selection of musical pieces, including works by Felix Mendelssohn, J.S. Bach, Ernst Bloch, Pablo de Sarasate, Mitch Leigh, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and George Gershwin, along with various spirituals. The performers include soloists such as Sirena Huang (violin), Terry Cook (bass-baritone), Camellia Johnson (soprano), Laura Kennedy (piano), Justin T. Blackwell (piano), and the Boston University Chamber Chorus conducted by Dr. Ann Howard Jones. The program also provides detailed biographies of the main artists and the conductor, highlighting their significant careers and contributions to music globally, and lists the names of all individual members of the Boston University Chamber Chorus.

This document is the program for the Limmud FSU Global Leadership Summit, held in Sighet, Romania, from July 19-21, 2013, with initial activities in Mukachevo and Uzhgorod, Ukraine, starting July 17. The summit featured Nobel Laureate Prof. Elie Wiesel and a comprehensive schedule including morning prayers, visits to significant Jewish historical sites (such as the Jewish ghetto, cemetery, and Wiesel Museum), concerts, and various panel discussions. Key themes addressed in the panels included the Holocaust, the contemporary meaning of Judaism, the transition from "Jews of Silence to Jews of Hope," Prof. Wiesel's life journey, "The Jews of Romania and the Land of Israel," and "Zionism and Anti-Semitism." Notable participants and speakers included Dr. Julius Berman, Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein, Prof. Alan Dershowitz, Prof. Deborah Lipstadt, along with a range of cantors, rabbis, and community leaders. The program also highlighted messages from Presidents Barak Obama and Shimon Peres.