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275ReversalsThe Fifth Avenue Synagogue is not one of the city’s more spectacular houses of worship. Modest in scale and décor, it lacks the grandeur of Temple Emanu-El a few blocks to the north, and Central Synagogue, ten blocks to the south. But its membership may make it one of New York’s wealthiest congre-gations. Among its billionaire congregants are Ira Rennert, the chairman and chief executive of Renco Group, a private hold-ing company that invests in a wide range of industrial firms, including the largest magnesium producer in North America; financier Ron Perelman, chairman and biggest shareholder of Revlon; and Mortimer Zuckerman, real estate magnate and publisher.Wiesel had been going to this Orthodox synagogue almost every Sabbath since he moved to the Upper East Side, first to Third Avenue in the East Sixties and then to a more elegant address across from Central Park. He would show up at 9 a.m., 27
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275ReversalsThe Fifth Avenue Synagogue is not one of the city’s more spectacular houses of worship. Modest in scale and décor, it lacks the grandeur of Temple Emanu-El a few blocks to the north, and Central Synagogue, ten blocks to the south. But its membership may make it one of New York’s wealthiest congre-gations. Among its billionaire congregants are Ira Rennert, the chairman and chief executive of Renco Group, a private hold-ing company that invests in a wide range of industrial firms, including the largest magnesium producer in North America; financier Ron Perelman, chairman and biggest shareholder of Revlon; and Mortimer Zuckerman, real estate magnate and publisher.Wiesel had been going to this Orthodox synagogue almost every Sabbath since he moved to the Upper East Side, first to Third Avenue in the East Sixties and then to a more elegant address across from Central Park. He would show up at 9 a.m., 27
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. Sighet, My Sighet 5
  5. 2. Deportation 15
  6. 3. Camps of Death 25
  7. 4. Recovering 41
  8. 5. Cub Reporter 56
  9. 6. A Hungarian in Paris 63
  10. 7. Night and Fog 69
  11. 8. Coming to America 80
  12. 9. Writer 87
  13. 10. Survivor 97
  14. 11. Return to Sighet 107
  15. 12. A Russian Revolution Perhaps even 111
  16. 13. Love and War 118
  17. 14. Transitions 130
  18. 15. The Israel Conundrum 141
  19. 16. From Writer to Torchbearer 147
  20. 17. A Boston Professor 156
  21. 18. The Holocaust and the Arts 163
  22. 19. Museums and Memory 170
  23. 20. World Stage 189
  24. 21. “To Help the Dead Vanquish Death” 197
  25. 22. The Bitburg Fiasco 205
  26. 23. Family Time 221
  27. 24. Nobelist 238
  28. 25. Catalyst for Change 250
  29. 26. Reconciliations and Reprimands 256
  30. 27. Reversals 275
  31. 28. Memories 290
  32. Notes 301
  33. Credits 325
  34. Acknowledgments 327
  35. Index 331
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https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300271225-028

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction 1
  4. 1. Sighet, My Sighet 5
  5. 2. Deportation 15
  6. 3. Camps of Death 25
  7. 4. Recovering 41
  8. 5. Cub Reporter 56
  9. 6. A Hungarian in Paris 63
  10. 7. Night and Fog 69
  11. 8. Coming to America 80
  12. 9. Writer 87
  13. 10. Survivor 97
  14. 11. Return to Sighet 107
  15. 12. A Russian Revolution Perhaps even 111
  16. 13. Love and War 118
  17. 14. Transitions 130
  18. 15. The Israel Conundrum 141
  19. 16. From Writer to Torchbearer 147
  20. 17. A Boston Professor 156
  21. 18. The Holocaust and the Arts 163
  22. 19. Museums and Memory 170
  23. 20. World Stage 189
  24. 21. “To Help the Dead Vanquish Death” 197
  25. 22. The Bitburg Fiasco 205
  26. 23. Family Time 221
  27. 24. Nobelist 238
  28. 25. Catalyst for Change 250
  29. 26. Reconciliations and Reprimands 256
  30. 27. Reversals 275
  31. 28. Memories 290
  32. Notes 301
  33. Credits 325
  34. Acknowledgments 327
  35. Index 331
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