Eli wiesel

I was there

On the 10th Anniversary of Elie Wiesel’s Passing, Tara Strong reflects on the March of the Living moment that transformed his silence into her lifelong voice.

|ByTARA STRONG, IN COLLABORATION WITH MARCH OF THE LIVING
Elie Wiesel at the 1990 March of the Living
'Mr. Shushani' Notebook 4. Courtesy

Notebooks of mysterious, influential teacher ‘Mr. Shushani’ opened to public

Scholars believe that the notebooks will reveal some potentially groundbreaking ideas and teachings related to Jewish thought and texts, the National Library of Israel said.

|ByJEREMY SHARON
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.

Elie Wiesel’s bust will feature in the National Cathedral

The Nobel Peace Laureate and Holocaust memoirist may (or may not) be the first Jew to get this honor.

|ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
March of the Living

Vanguards of the March of the Living

I cry when I hear a Holocaust survivor say Kaddish: “I sit there looking at him, admiring his strength and resilience, when he says that his children and grandchildren are his victory."

|ByMATAN DANSKER

Romanian police nab suspect for Wiesel graffiti

The graffiti incident “caused pain and outrage all over the world."

AUGUST 19, 2018ByJTA
The Elie Wiesel Memorial House in Romania is covered in antisemitic graffiti

A shameful attack on Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel's legacy is more important now than ever, a point that Jewish publications ought to consider before publishing weakly argued, hate-filled drivel.

OCTOBER 9, 2017BySHMULEY BOTEACH
WRITER, NOBEL LAUREATE and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel speaks to the media outside the West Wing of the White House in 2010

Hundreds march in memory of Elie Wiesel in his Romanian hometown

"This was the will of Elie Wiesel and we had to see it through," FSU Limmud Founder said about the Holocaust honor march.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017ByTAMARA ZIEVE
More than 1,500 people marched in memory of Elie Wiesel and Holocaust victims in Sighet, Romania

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.

JUNE 23, 2017ByJTA
Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel

“For the dead and the living, we must bear witness.” ― Elie Wiesel

APRIL 24, 2017BySLAVICA MILOSEVIC
The Jerusalem Post

Why Elie Wiesel never moved to Israel

Friends seek answers as Limmud FSU opens Wiesel Memorial Exhibition at Hebrew University.

DECEMBER 7, 2016BySTEVE LINDE
Among the dignitaries attending the opening of the Elie Wiesel Memorial Exhibition at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities on Tuesday were Rabbi Menachem Hacohen, Prof. Aviad Hacohen, Prof. Menachem Ben-Sasson, Prof. David Weiss Halivni (front), M

Grapevine: Remembering and reassessing

POLISH PRIME Minister Beata Szydlo, who arrived in Israel on Monday evening, with a group of ministers from her government, had dinner with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

NOVEMBER 22, 2016ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, greet Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, who had dinner with them at their residence in Jerusalem on Monday night.

From Aleppo to Darfur, Jews must not stay silent

Thanks to the widespread coverage of the conflict in Syria by world and Israeli media, the world has not remained silent in condemning the slaughter in Aleppo.

OCTOBER 24, 2016BySHELDON GELLAR
ISSAM IBRAHEEM (right), 13, a migrant from Darfur, sits inside a vessel after he was rescued from an overcrowded dinghy by members of the German NGO Jugend Rettet. The rescue operation took place off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean Sea last week.

House passes bipartisan resolutions on Israel

The resolution on Wiesel, passed by voice vote, "honors the life, work, and legacy" of the iconic figure.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016ByMICHAEL WILNER, DANIELLE ZIRI
US Congress.

US House passes bipartisan resolution honoring Elie Wiesel

“Elie Wiesel’s tremendous impact has reached millions across the globe, and I believe he is truly one of the most influential and important figures of our time,” Congressman Steve Israel said.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016ByDANIELLE ZIRI
US President Barack Obama hugs Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel as Wiesel introduced him to speak at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, April 23, 2012.