Essay: Reflections on Eli Wiesel, Nobel Prizewinner in Literature, and Famous for his Books on the Holocaust - by Ron Rosenbaum | Writers & Books | Scoop.it
From www.tabletmag.com - October 6, 2017 8:58 AM
Just who was Elie Wiesel? Did we get him wrong?

By the time he died on July 2 of last year, Elie Wiesel had become what you might call a Jewish celebrity thinker. More well known as a celebrity than for his thinking. He would have turned 89 tomorrow.

He had become a living icon—a Symbol o