Oprey Winfrey has for many years had what is described as "Book of the Month". Getting onto that List almost guarantees huge sales of the book in question. It will be recalled that one such selection has recently caused Winfrey some grief.
Her latest "selection" is a revised edition of Elie Wiesel's "Night". Winfrey plans on visiting Auschwitz with Wiesel.
A Martin Kimel, a Holocaust survivor now living in the US and practicing as an attorney, in an article on baltimoresun.com raises a concern that Winfrey, as is her wont, may emphasise "the kinds of morally uplifting stories she is known for" rather than view the entire scope of what the Holocaust really was. Kimel's point is well made as he reflects on the parellels of how the US did little to save European Jewry and America, now, does litle in relation to the ongoing genocide in Darfur. No, the world has not learnt a thing really!
Her latest "selection" is a revised edition of Elie Wiesel's "Night". Winfrey plans on visiting Auschwitz with Wiesel.
A Martin Kimel, a Holocaust survivor now living in the US and practicing as an attorney, in an article on baltimoresun.com raises a concern that Winfrey, as is her wont, may emphasise "the kinds of morally uplifting stories she is known for" rather than view the entire scope of what the Holocaust really was. Kimel's point is well made as he reflects on the parellels of how the US did little to save European Jewry and America, now, does litle in relation to the ongoing genocide in Darfur. No, the world has not learnt a thing really!
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