Our English class is studying the memoir Night, by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.
I worked in a group with Dayna and Yilin to create an Empathy Map for Elie at this age.
At the start of the book, Elie was 12 years old, he lived in Sighet, Transylvania. He lived with his Dad and Mum. He had three siblings: Hilda was the eldest, then Bea, he was third child and the only son, Tzipora was the youngest. Elie studied the Talmud and he wanted to learn about his religion. He asked his dad to find him a master to teach him kabbalah but his dad refused because Elie's dad thought he was too young. Elie was sad because he wanted to learn kabbalah, so he decided to take matters into his own hands and find himself a master to teach him kabbalah. He found a man and his name was Moishie the Beadle.
