Posts Tagged: Elie Wiesel
I Found an Elie Wiesel Speech From 30 Years Ago; You Must Read It
Last week, I went back and listened to a 1992 commencement address by Elie Wiesel. I had attended the ceremony as a reporter, and later aired...
University Presidents From US, Canada Set to Participate in Auschwitz Event Amid Surging Campus Antisemitism
University presidents from the US and Canada are set to gather at Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp in Poland, to commemorate the Holocaust amid...
UK Paper’s Book Review Attacks Elie Wiesel for Supporting Israel
A review of a new book in the UK's The Telegraph tried to attack the late Elie Wiesel for supporting Israel. “Joseph Berger’s judicious and well-crafted...
William Barber Distances Himself From Anti-Zionism at Lecture Honoring Elie Wiesel
On Wednesday, October 27, Rev. Dr. William Barber II, gave a lecture in honor of Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel. During his lecture, which was sponsored...
Ethnic Studies, the Third World Liberation Front and My Grandmother
JNS.org - In 1979, my grandmother, Tsilya Reitburd-Mendzheritsky, was taken to a Soviet prison in Dmitrov, a small town about an hour from her home...
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...
Elie Wiesel’s Son Talks About Life With Famed Holocaust Survivor and Nobel Laureate
JNS.org - Elisha Wiesel, the son and only child of the late Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, spoke to the New...
Jewish Survival: Making Music With What Remains
The great Jewish historian Salo Baron objected to the "lachrymose" version of Jewish history -- the overemphasis on Jewish suffering. Instead, Jewish history should be...
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...
Elie Wiesel’s Family Welcomes Signing of Anti-Genocide Act Named After Late Nobel Laureate
The signing on Monday of the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act by President Donald Trump was welcomed by the late Holocaust survivor and...
Is America Any Different When It Comes to Antisemitism?
On November 9th, communities around the world will mark the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the infamous antisemitic pogrom that symbolized the acceleration of Hitler’s murderous campaign...
How to Respond to the Unspeakable Tragedy in Pittsburgh
Adapted from remarks delivered at Ansche Chesed community vigil on New York's Upper West Side on Oct 27th, 2018. How to respond to unspeakable tragedy? Even an...
Marking Elie Wiesel’s 90th Birthday
I spent my life loving Elie Wiesel, and had the honor and pleasure of knowing him, learning from him, and working with him. I now...
Curator of Elie Wiesel Museum Welcomes Global Outpouring of Support, as Romanian Police Arrest Vandalism Suspect
In the wake of this past weekend’s vandalism incident at the childhood home of the late Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel in Romania,...
