Virtual Book Club: Witness

“One Museum, One Book” Book Club: “Witness” 
November 17, 7:00 pm (CDT) 

In November, the Museum’s “One Museum, One Book” Book Club will read National Jewish Book Award-winning biography Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom, by Rabbi Ariel Burger. 

Elie Wiesel was a towering presence on the world stage—a Nobel laureate, activist, adviser to world leaders, and the author of more than forty books, including the Oprah’s Book Club selection Night. But when asked, Wiesel always said: “I am a teacher first.” 

Wiesel taught at Boston University for nearly four decades, and with this book, Ariel Burger—devoted protégé, apprentice, and friend—transports readers into the sacred space of Wiesel’s classroom. There, Wiesel challenged his students to explore moral complexity and to resist the dangerous lure of absolutes. In bringing together never-before-recounted moments between Wiesel and his students, Witness serves as a moral education in and of itself; a primer on educating against indifference, on the urgency of memory and individual responsibility, and on the role of literature, music, and art in making the world a more compassionate place. 

Free to the public

Reservations required