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Anti-Semitism In Elie Wiesel's Night

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Anti- Semitism “The survey, released Tuesday, found that 26 percent of those polled—representing approximately 1.1 billion adults worldwide—harbor deeply anti-Semitic views.” (jta.org/ Heilman/ 13 May 2014) This quote shows that Anti-Semitism still occurs today. Both in the novel, Night and modern day society, Anti-Semitism is still an issue. There are possible solutions for it, like protesting for what is right and being able to state opinions.
In Elie Wiesel’s story, Night, Moishe the Beadle is discriminated for being a Jew. He gets beat up, wounded, and left for dead. This proves that Jews were treated like they were useless and the Germans did not show compassion towards them because they believed Jews were pointless. For example, “Without
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