What of the Exodus? That too, is a wonderful story, but from the viewpoint of an historian, it is - to use a word scholars love - problematic. Let's say there are doubts, to say the least, among many scholars, as to whether the Exodus actually occurred. That's a historical issue.
Elie WieselI pray to the God within me that He will give me the strength to ask Him the right questions.
Elie WieselIt is obvious that the war which Hitler and his accomplices waged was a war not only against Jewish men, women, and children, but also against Jewish religion, Jewish culture, Jewish tradition, therefore Jewish memory.
Elie WieselI belong to a tradition that believes that the death of a single child is a blemish on creation.
Elie Wiesel