Posts Tagged: Elie Wiesel
Honoring Elie Wiesel’s Legacy, House of Representatives Passes Genocide Prevention Act
The US House of Representatives passed on Tuesday the Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018. The legislation, according to the House Foreign Affairs...
The Second Yahrzeit of Elie Wiesel: A Portrait of Love
As we approach Elie Wiesel’s second yahrzeit, a gentle and special cloud of our own reflections and memories comes to us. I always wondered: how did...
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...
Honoring Yoni Netanyahu
Israel’s 70th birthday will be celebrated in a few weeks, and to commemorate this momentous anniversary, my organization will be presenting the World Values Network's Second...
Poland-Israel Meltdown Demands Elisha Wiesel’s Intervention
In March, we will hold our annual gala, celebrating Israel’s 70th anniversary. The Elie Wiesel Defender of Israel Award will posthumously be given to Yoni Netanyahu, who...
Answering the Call of My Father, Elie Wiesel
Following is the text of an address by Elisha Wiesel at the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity gala on Wednesday night. I would like to begin...
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...
Oscar-Winning Producer Harvey Weinstein at Algemeiner Gala: ‘I Am Israeli in My Heart and Mind’
Oscar-winning film producer Harvey Weinstein expressed his deep love and appreciation for the Jewish state on Monday, saying, "I am an Israeli in my heart...
What Elie Wiesel Would Have Told Trump
The late Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel stood up to Ronald Reagan when the 40th president visited the graves of Nazi war criminals in Bitburg, Germany in...
To Honor Elie Wiesel’s First Yahrzeit, Israel Should Bomb Syria’s Crematoria
This month, on the 26th of Sivan, we will mark the first yahrzeit of Elie Wiesel. Almost no one in my life has touched and inspired...
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...
Reflections on Holocaust Memorial Day
Once a year in Israel, when spring flowers are at their most beautiful, it happens at precisely 10 a.m. At that moment, the wail of an air...
A New Year in a Broken World
Those who have the healthy habit of working out at a gym several times a week will soon be complaining about the massive – and...
Against Indifference: A Prayer for the World
"The opposite of love is not hate; it’s indifference." -- Elie Wiesel There is probably no greater curse in our world today than the curse of indifference. While...
