{"id":606,"date":"2018-08-29T11:03:45","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T15:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/csl\/?page_id=606"},"modified":"2025-04-23T16:27:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T20:27:31","slug":"elie-wiesel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/spiritual-life\/elie-wiesel\/","title":{"rendered":"Elie Wiesel Memorial Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;48&#8243; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_direction_desktop=&#8221;default&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; desktop_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_backdrop_filter=&#8221;none&#8221; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; column_position=&#8221;default&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; animation_type=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Memorial Tribute to Dr. Elie Wiesel (1928\u20132016)<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;32&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span class=\"med_text\">On February 21, 2017, Eckerd College hosted a memorial tribute to Dr. Elie Wiesel (1928\u20132016), featuring a performance by The Western Wind Vocal Ensemble with narrators Francine M. Gordon and Rabbi Ed Rosenthal, in Wireman Chapel. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B0yDfFkeC3R6cG9CTm8wd3ZmdlE\/view?usp=sharing\">View the program<\/a>.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;32&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]<span class=\"med_text\"><em>&#8220;Perhaps no man alive achieved the suasive power of moral conviction that Dr. Wiesel did, through his writings of searing, emphatic, unswerving witness and by virtue of a thoughtful, urbane life as an unparalleled teacher and counselor to the captains and kings of the world.&#8221; \u2014Dr. Donald R. Eastman III, <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=0Bxemd9w7MLQlSVdnUnB4UUVHQTA\">Tribute to Dr. Elie Wiesel<\/a><\/em><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=&#8221;No Line&#8221; custom_height=&#8221;32&#8243;][vc_gallery type=&#8221;image_grid&#8221; images=&#8221;469,470,471,472,473,474&#8243; image_grid_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; layout=&#8221;3&#8243; item_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; gallery_style=&#8221;2&#8243; load_in_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; img_size=&#8221;550&#215;400&#8243;][vc_column_text]<a class=\"nectar-button n-sc-button medium see-through\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/eckerdcollege\/albums\/72157679546172361\/with\/33434687776\/\" data-color-override=\"#00a6cc\" data-hover-color-override=\"false\" data-hover-text-color-override=\"#00a6cc\"><span>More Photos from the Tribute<\/span><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; 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