The Elie Wiesel Living Archive

at The 92nd Street Y, New York. Supported by The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity

Tales of Today: Words of Remorse and Hope

Celebrating Thirty Years: Combating Fanaticism by Passionate Study, by Hope in Jerusalem and by Singing

Nov 07, 1996

On the occasion of his 120th lecture and his 30th anniversary at 92Y, Professor Wiesel recapitulates his talks from 1967 to 1996. For thirty years, Professor Wiesel has tried to share his passion for learning at the Y in order to create more passion and more study. Aware of the growth of fanaticism everywhere and especially the growth of anti-Semitism and revisionism, Professor Wiesel resolves to continue studying the Talmud together and mobilizing ideas and memories in his fight to combat fanaticism.

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1) Professor Wiesel’s First Paid Lecture
2) Nature and Impact of Fanaticism
3) Absence of Dialogue in Fanaticism
4) Contradictory Antisemitic Attitudes Towards Jews
5) Enduring Nature of Antisemitism
6) Nature of Hatred and Its Signals
7) The Right to Question God Within Absolute Faith
8) The Power of Silence
9) Joy in Judaism
10) Faith in God in Auschwitz
11) Talmud and Tolerance
12) Hatred and Fanaticism
13) Fanaticism and Violence
14) Holocaust Revisionists
15) Nationalism and Fanaticism
16) Remembering and Forgetting
17) Massacre at Kielce, Poland
18) Crosses over Jewish Remains, Birkenau
19) Jerusalem’s 3000 Anniversary
20) Finding Redemption in Songs
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