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Apr. 28, 2021
Washington’s National Cathedral, known for its role during presidential inaugurations and other days of national import, is honoring Elie Wiesel, the Nobel Peace Laureate and Holocaust memoirist with a bust, making him the first Jew to be so honored.
Or maybe not the first, depending on where you sit.
“I would say he is the first 20th-century Jewish person,” the cathedral’s dean, Rev. Randy Hollerith, said when asked how Wiesel came to be the first Jew to earn a sculpted depiction at the cathedral.
Asked if he was referring to Jesus and some of the apostles, who also make appearances in statues and in busts in the Washington landmark, Hollerith said yes.
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Artist Chas Fagan, right, holds a clay model of the bust of Elie Wiesel while stone carver Sean Callahan looks on, in the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. The two collaborated to make the bust, with Fagan designing the mold and Callahan carving it into the stone wall. (Courtesy National Cathedral)
The installed bust of Elie Wiesel on the Human Rights Porch in the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. (Courtesy National Cathedral)
In this undated photo, sculptor Chas Fagan, left, holds a clay model of a bust of Elie Wiesel and watches as stonemason Sean Callahan, right, uses medieval techniques to carve the bust into the walls of the National Cathedral in Washington DC. (National Cathedral/ via JTA)
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