In their first appearance on stage together, Professor Wiesel and Governor Mario Cuomo discuss their personal thoughts on God. The Governor suggests that it would be beneficial to emphasize that all major religions share the Jewish principles of Tzedakah (to love each other) and Tikkun Olam (to collaborate in completing God’s creation). They discuss the question of faith, especially “when bad things happen to good people.” The Governor talks about the brother he just lost, whose five-year-old son froze to death after falling through ice. Faith and family obligations saved him from despair. For Elie Wiesel, God speaks to him in a text, in the Torah, He is present in a Rembrandt painting of a Jew, a concerto, or in his grandfather. Professor Wiesel teaches us that he could never turn his back on God because it would have meant turning his back on his father and his grandfather.

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