Elie Wiesel

Christa Pike has corresponded with me for over a year. She is not a monster - opinion

Christa and I have been communicating regularly via a messaging system on her prison table for over a year. Her experience is proof that she and other guilty individuals on death row are not monsters

A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir leads Otzma Yehudit faction meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on May 25, 2026.

Ben-Gvir’s latest death penalty rhetoric borrows from an ancient Machiavellian Playbook - opinion

Raoul Wallenberg

Remembering Elie Wiesel: A soul on fire and a life dedicated to justice - opinion

Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel speaks at Tel Aviv University on July 8, 2026.

Strength is not a crime: Rahm Emanuel misunderstands Israel and should be ashamed - opinion


Poland-Israel meltdown demands Elisha Wiesel

As the only son of the world’s most famous Holocaust survivor, Elisha Wiesel has unequaled credibility in representing the Jewish community.

Elie Wiesel participates in a discussion on Capitol Hill in Washington, on March 2, 2015

Sharansky’s debt of gratitude to Elie Wiesel

In a room filled with attendees from the former Soviet Union, it was Sharansky’s words about Wiesel that people came to hear.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel

Media spotlight: Confronting buried demons

Over the past month, women and men around the globe have been speaking out about assault and harassment they suffered in the past. Some have brought up events from decades ago.

Tommy Lapid at the Eichman trial in 1961.

Reporter's notebook: Walking in the footsteps of a giant

Last Sunday evening, some 1,500 people marched in Sighet, Romania in memory of Elie Wiesel.

Ceremony in the memory of Elie Wiesel, September 10, 2017.

Fighting for the three million

Saving the Jews of the Soviet Union and bringing them to freedom, especially to Israel, was, for Elie Wiesel, the most important mission of his life.

UNCHAINING THE people. ‘Elie Wiesel’s conclusion was that the Jewish people throughout the world had to mobilize in a united campaign to save the Jewish soul of the three million Jews who were still in the USSR.’

Donner une âme à la culture francophone israélienne

Avec un texte d’Elie Wiesel, Steve Kalfa nous entraîne dans les méandres des grands événements contemporains de l’histoire du peuple Juif, pour un voyage qui nous invite au questionnement

Steve Kalfa a adapté au théâtre l'un des ouvrages d'Elie Wiesel

Congressional bill named for Elie Wiesel aims to stop genocides

The Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2017 introduced Thursday serves to improve US efforts to prevent major casualties overseas.

Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel

Looking back, and forward

Shlomo Maital recalls five decades of living in Israel since making aliya right after the Six Day War and looks ahead to what’s in store for the country over the next 50 years.

Art by Avi Katz

New York street corner named after Elie Wiesel

Mayor DeBlasio: "New York City is proud to honor his memory."

The street signs on the southwest corner of 84th Street and Central Park West are seen following a ceremony to permanently co-name the street with the late humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize-winning name of Elie Wiesel, June 13, 2017 in New York.

No Holds Barred: Wisel's memorial service should move Israel to bomb Syria's crematoria

The Kaddish prayer is among the holiest of the Jewish canon. It contains multitudes of mystical secrets, and much of its meaning is a mystery.

Elie Wiesel speaks at a World War II tribute