Elie Wiesel: Jewish, Literary, and Moral Perspectives

Acknowledgments

acknowledgments The editors of this volume owe a debt of gratitude to a number of individuals and institutions who made this work possible. First and foremost, we wish to thank the Mike and Shirley Grossman Conference Fund, which supplied much of the financial support for the origi­nal conference on which this volume is based. Mike Grossman was a supporter of all good things, and his concern to facilitate Jewish scholarship was palpable . Second, our thanks go to the staff of the Hillel House at Boston University and its wonderful director, Rabbi Joseph Polak, and to the staff of the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies at Boston University for their enormous efforts to see that every aspect of the origi­ nal conference was a success. Third, we are deeply indebted to Pagiel Czoka, the former administrator of the Wiesel Center, who was unstinting in her support for both the origi­ nal conference and the publication of this volume. In addition, Alan Rosen would like to thank several colleagues and friends whose counsel was vital to the preparation of the volume: Yisrael Cohen, Adele Reinhartz, Florent Brayard, Ruth Clements Rosen, and Rabbis Joseph Polak and Nehemia Polen. Indiana University Press editor and director Janet Rabinowitch has been steadfast in her encouragement and has continuously provided thoughtful and detailed guidance. ...