Posts Tagged: Elie Wiesel Holocaust
Son Pays Poetic Tribute to Jewish Literary Giant Elie Wiesel on Anniversary of Death
The son of Elie Wiesel -- the Holocaust survivor, literary giant and human rights advocate who passed away in July 2016 -- has paid a...
75 Years Since Elie Wiesel Was Sent to Auschwitz
Seventy-five years ago this week, Elie Wiesel was deported from Sighet, Romania -- a small town in the Carpathian mountains -- at the age of...
The US Holocaust Museum Vs. Elie Wiesel
A staff historian at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum is suggesting, incredibly, that the Roosevelt administration was right to refuse to bomb Auschwitz. The late...
Humanitarian Legacies of Elie Wiesel, Oprah Winfrey Linked by Foundation’s New Award
JNS.org - Elie Wiesel, who before his death in 2016 was arguably the world’s most well-known Holocaust survivor, reached millions of people through his writing and...
A Shameful Attack on Elie Wiesel
Quite a few questions arise from Ron Rosenbaum’s twisted and shameful attack on Elie Wiesel in Tablet magazine. Firstly, what was the motive of the magazine’s...
The Last Kaddish for Elie Wiesel
Before the serious policy disagreements on Iran and Syria that came between me and Samantha Power, America’s former ambassador to the UN, I remember studying with...
Traveling Photo Exhibit Honoring the Late Elie Wiesel Opens in Paris, Where Holocaust Survivor Nobel Laureate Began His Journalism Career
A traveling photo exhibit launched this weekend in Paris honors the life and legacy of world-renowned Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, its...
How Israel Has Made ‘Never Again’ a Reality
The world marked two events of great importance to the Jewish people during July 4th weekend. The first was the death of Elie Wiesel. The...
The Fear and Awe of Elie Wiesel
When I was a child I discovered the holocaust at about 8. By perhaps 10 I remember video images of tractors moving mounds of bodies...
Jews Shouldn’t Accept Suffering
The movie Noah is generating global controversy even before its release. Bill Maher set the blogosphere alight when he ranted that the movie was "about...
Elie Wiesel and Rwandan President Discuss Genocide and Syria
There were several important news-making items that emerged from the historic discussion on genocide that our organization staged on Sunday September 29, at Cooper Union's...
Five Proud 20th Century Jews Who Changed the World
The Jewish people have had such a positive effect on the world - so many heroes and so many great contributions in so many arenas....
