Beautiful tribute. Sent from my iPad > On Jul 5, 2016, at 3:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Australian Newspaper Archive in Jeopardy ([email protected]) > 2. Jewish Gen: Elie Wiesel ([email protected]) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 14:12:44 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [NYNEWYOR] Australian Newspaper Archive in Jeopardy > To: [email protected], [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > The free Australian newspaper archive, Trove, is in jeopardy of folding due to financial stress. > > > http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/ > > > > So, if you're searching for ancestors down-under, the clock is ticking on this wonderful source. > > > Barb > > [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 20:35:39 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [NYNEWYOR] Jewish Gen: Elie Wiesel > To: [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], > [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Last night, NYC's World Trade Center was aglow with Israel's blue and white lights to honor the life > > > > > > > > of international humanitarian Elie Wiesel. Mr. Wiesel, age 87, passed away in New York City > on Saturday and was reportedly laid to rest at Sharon Gardens Cemetery in Valhalla, NY. > A native of Romania, he is survived by his wife, Marion Erster Rose Wiesel, and son, and > father's namesake, Shlomo Elisha Weisel. > > Some few days before he died, Elie Wiesel dreamt that he was back in his little Romanian hometown, > walking with his parents. Such dreams are not so unusual when one is slowly dying. > > Mr. Wiesel came to the American literary forefront in 1960 with the English translation of his > Holocaust memoir "Night," excerpted here. > > ?Never shall I forget that night, the first night in camp, which has turned my life into one long night, > seven times cursed and seven times sealed,? Mr. Wiesel wrote. ?Never shall I forget that smoke. > Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies I saw turned into wreaths of smoke > beneath a silent blue sky. Never shall I forget those flames which consumed my faith forever. Never > shall I forget the nocturnal silence which deprived me, for all eternity, of the desire to live. Never shall > I forget those moments which murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to dust. Never > shall I forget these things, even if I am condemned to live as long as God himself. Never.? > > Not only did "Night" startle the human conscience. It freed other Holocaust survivors to tell their truths and unify > in perennial remembrance of those who died during the terror of WW2's German atrocities. It also became required > reading in many Metro NYC high schools. Students were struck by its stark immediacy. > > > Elie Wiesel won the Nobel Peace Prize, wrote over sixty books, and gleaned international respect for decades. > Because his personae was so magnanimous, I expected him to be different than he was. > > When I was an undergrad, the Literature Chair at SUNY Purchase, Dr. Theodore Gross, invited Mr. Wiesel to speak > there. Afterwards, just five literature majors were invited to meet with Mr. Wiesel for coffee. I expected someone > huge in stature, and perhaps loud and grandiose. Rather, he was soft spoken, pensive, deliberate in his speech. > His methodical way of speaking drew me in to listen. At the time, I wondered if this was how people felt when they > met Ghandi, awestruck by his brilliant subtlety. > > > Our world is quieter since Saturday. I'd like to say it's a more peaceful world than once upon a time. However, > it was enriched by Elie Wiesel's brilliant light that shone through, that shines through. > > May God bless and cherish his most beloved son, Elie Wiesel. > > > > > Barb > > [email protected] > > @BAMS, 7/4/2016 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NYNEWYOR list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the NYNEWYOR mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of NYNEWYOR Digest, Vol 11, Issue 89 > ****************************************