Open Heart (2011) (edit title/settings)

Summary edit

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Marion: Elie's wife
• Elisha: Elie's son
• Dr. Christian Barnard: Add a description of this character.
• Saul Lieberman
• Tsipuka: Elie's sister
• Aviva
• Emil Najar
• Oscar
• Rabbi of Borshe
• Rabbi Israel of Wizsnitz
• Elijah
• Shira
• Isaac Stern
• Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
• Georges Levitte
• President Barak Obama
• Reb Dodye Feig
• Daniel Morgaine
• Alexander Zauber

Quotes edit see section history

• “At the time of the liberation of the camps, I remember, we were convinced that after Auschwitz there would be no more wars, no more racism, no more wars, no more racism, no more hatred, no more anti-Semitism. We were wrong. This produced a feeling close to despair. For if Auschwitz could not cure mankind of racism, was there any chance of success ever? The fact is, the world has learned nothing.”

• “One instant before dying, man is still immortal”

• “A tale about despair becomes a tale against despair”

• “Like authors, books have their own destiny.”

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• New York
• Jerusalem

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PQ2683 I32 Z4612 2012
• Dewey: 848.91403

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Religion & Spirituality › Judaism › Theology
• Books › Health, Mind & Body › Disorders & Diseases › Heart Disease
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs