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92NY’s Goldman Center for Children and Family provides an exceptional array of programs designed to support children at every stage of their development.
at The 92nd Street Y, New York. Supported by The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
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Nov 02, 1967
Professor Wiesel transmits Talmudic and Midrashic views of Job, who is our contemporary in the postwar world--for his new family also does not bring back those who were lost. He’s our contemporary as well in light of the Soviet show trials, where confession highlighted the absurd accusations. In rejecting easy solutions, Job acquires strength . . . he becomes legend. He himself submits to God--but doesn’t speak on behalf of his lost children. At the end, Job discovered salvation in laughter. . . . he has, if not the last word, at least the last thought, “the last hidden thought.” His suffering was not justified but not useless either. It resulted in a legend, which inspires man “to turn despair into faith, outrage into laughter, God’s injustice into human justice.”
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Supported by The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
