Elie Wiesel

Amplifying Elie Wiesel’s moral voice: We cannot be silent onlookers

We cannot accept injustice and the suffering of others as any kind of norm.

Elie Wiesel stands in front of a photo of himself (bottom right-hand corner) and other inmates taken at the Buchenwald concentration camp in 1945, during his 1986 visit to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem.
The United States Postal Service released a new series of stamps in honor of Elie Wiesel.

New US Postal Service stamp honors Holocaust survivor and humanitarian Elie Wiesel

Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel arrives with wife, Marion Erster Rose, to attend the "100 Most Influential People In The World" gala hosted by Time Magazine in New York

Marion Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, humanitarian, translator, wife of Elie Wiesel, dies at 94

 Sultan Saladin of Egypt and Syria.

This week in Jewish history: Saladin's crusade, Babi Yar, Binding of Isaac


In Plain Language: Who will save Jonathan Pollard?

"'The mass of men,' observed American poet and historian Henry David Thoreau, 'lead lives of quiet desperation.'"

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Peres awards Elie Wiesel the Presidential Medal of Distinction

President calls Nobel laureate "the leading figure in the United States of America" in keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive.

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Shas leaders vow there won't be split in party

Channel 10: Party officials close to Deri say that if Yishai does not accept Deri's leadership, he will be ostracized.

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No Holds Barred: Elie Wiesel and Kagame of Rwanda discuss genocide

On this one point, I remain unsure, and continue to despise those monsters who would murder a child because of his nationality, religion, or race.

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Top 50 most influential Jews 2013: Places 21-30

Worth an estimated $5 billion, Sumner Redstone is a true rags to riches story.

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Elie Wiesel appointed to Genesis Prize Committee

1st prize to be awarded by Netanyahu in 2014; to be given in recognition of Jewish achievement, contribution to humanity.

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Baring his heart and soul

Interwoven with Elie Wiesel’s experience of undergoing heart surgery and the period of his recovery is his meditation on life and death

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Grapevine: Not quite all in the family…

President Shimon Peres arrived on a pre-Christmas visit at the official residence of Archbishop Elias Chacour.

Peres celebrates Christmas with Christian-Arab school kids

Wiesel raps Hungary's Nazi past 'whitewash'

Nobel Prize laureate, Holocaust survivor returns Hungarian award, says Budapest "whitewashing tragic, criminal episodes."

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What do Glenn Beck and Obama have in common?

US President focuses too much on Jews' suffering, too little on their contributions to mankind.

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