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Jan 8, 1975 · Zalmen: or, the Madness of God: Directed by Peter Levin, Alan Schneider. With Joseph Wiseman, Richard Bauer, Robert Prosky, Sanford Seeger. From Elie Wiesel, one of the most important voices of our time, comes Zalmen or the Madness of God.
Jan 12, 1975 · Zalman, or the Madness of God. Elie Weisel. 3.87. 62 ratings3 reviews. On Yom Kippur eve in 1965, Elie Wiesel found himself in Russia, "in a synagogue crowded with people. The air was stifling. The cantor was chanting . . .
From Elie Wiesel, one of the most important voices of our time, comes Zalmen or the Madness of God. Set in post-Stalinist Russia in a synagogue on the eve of an appearance by a Western acting troupe, Zalmen has been described as a cry of anguish about the collective guilt of the silent.
In Zalmen, or The Madness of God, Wiesel gives his Rabbi that strength, the courage to voice his oppression and isolation, and the result is a passionate cry. This play illuminates not only the plight of the Soviet Jew, but the anguish of individuals everywhere who must survive—and yet long for something more than mere survival.
Dec 31, 2014 · Zalmen, Or the Madness of God. by. Elie Wiesel. Publication date. 1974-01-01. Publisher. Random House. Collection. printdisabled; internetarchivebooks.
This is the trailer for Nobel Prize Winner Elie Wiesel's stage play, "Zalmen or The Madness of God" directed by Guila Clara Kessous at The Lab at Harvard for...
Jan 12, 1975 · Can the frail rabbi sever his emotional chains, break his silence, do battle with the communists and with God, and become "mad" during the holiday services? Can he regain the courage of his youth to reveal that the Jewish soul is dying in Russia, that the spark of three millennia is being extinguished, that the Torah is being destroyed, that ...
- Elie Wiesel
