> Olly Mensch wrote:
>> Thanks to one and all who wished me a Happy Birthday. I am such a
>> newcomer here- but sure appreciate your thoughts.
>> = = Perhaps I can relate to you one tiny incident which, however, does
>> not really have much to do with my birthday - but - - One of my
>> granddaughters is a Senior in a local University here in
>> Boston, MA (Boston University) One of her Professors is Elie Wiesel -
>> who is giving a short course on the Holocaust. She e-mailed me and
>> asked whether I would like to join her in one session with Wiesel; the
>> Prof. agreed to it. Sadly enough I had to turn down this great offer -
>> for mostly physical reasons which I won't bore you with - but also my
>> fear of making an absolute fool of myself, when listening - - yet again
>> - - to some of the Prof.'s stories of the Holocaust - something all too
>> familiar to me. BUT - I am so glad my granddaughter is taking the
>> course - - since she knew precious little of the "German" experience -
>> for jewish people - and it was really unique for her to have gotten
>> permission to invite me.
>> = Let me end his with an unrelated - but really humorous (?) aside
>> -namely, I read that Elie Wiesel had made all his financial investments
>> with Bernard Madoff - that disgusting millionnaire crook - now in jail -
>> and Wiesel lost his entire savings!!
>> Life is strange....:-)
>> Olly
> I don't think I saw it was your birthday, so please allow me to with you a
> belated Happy Birthday, Olly.
> How wonderful that your granddaughter can take such a course. I am sure
> you must know that many Sunday nights, Elie Wiesel is on WBUR's World of
> Ideas. After that Madoff thing came to light, I didn't hear him for a
> while, and I was kind-of worried. But I just heard him again last Sunday.
> --
> Jean B.
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