Timing isn't everything. Suzanne Saposnik planned to teach herunit on the Holocaust to coincide with the city's selection of Nightby Elie Wiesel for its second One Book One Chicago program. But shedidn't know spring vacation would occur during the week the city wasculminating the program with special events.
Despite the fact school was not in session, Saposnik and 13 of herstudents took time out from their vacations to hear Wiesel speak.
"His book made a deep impact on me," said Yelena Mironova, one ofSaposnik's students. "Meeting someone like that in person who's beenthrough history and experienced it made it more real."
Reading Night is only a small part of …
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