A Tale of a Niggun by Elie Wiesel with Elisha Wiesel and Mark Podwal

A Tale of a Niggun by Elie Wiesel with Elisha Wiesel and Mark Podwal

After Elie Wiesel died, a little-known narrative poem that he wrote in the 1970s, A Tale of a Niggun, was rediscovered. Based on an actual event during the Holocaust, the poem was so moving that it was turned into a book. Join Elie’s son Elisha—who pays tribute to his father with the book’s introduction— and Elie’s dear friend—award-winning artist Mark Podwal—who illustrated the book, as they discuss how the poem was discovered, why it is so important and the power of wordless Jewish melodies. With Moment Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein, editor of Elie Wiesel: An Extraordinary Life.

Held in observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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Listen to a Recording of the November/December Poem

Poet Jake Marmer recently recorded his poem, "3AM Nign", that appeared in the November/December issue of Moment. Using the print version of the "3AM Nign" as a point of departure, much of the poetry in the recording has been improvised. The  music accompaniment (also improvised) was done in collaboration with Frank London (trumpet), Greg Wall (clarinet/sax), Eyal Maoz (guitar), and Uri Sharlin (keys). Take a listen! [soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/68936115" params="show_artwork=true" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]   3AmNign

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