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


The world cannot afford to forget Elie Wiesel - opinion

Now is precisely the time Elie Wiesel's work and life should be remembered. We must carry on his mission of bearing witness, and his role as "messenger to mankind."

 Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel is seen before participating in a roundtable discussion on "The Meaning of Never Again: Guarding Against a Nuclear Iran" on Capitol Hill in Washington March 2, 2015.

Elie Wiesel meeting taught that it takes time to digest tragedy - opinion

The day of his arrival, I saw him from afar walking with the rabbis, a thin, dark-haired man, chest concave — enwrapped, it seemed to me, in a mist of sadness, not fully of this world.

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

NYC police tell Elisha Wiesel to put away Israeli flag at anti-Israel protest

Police made several arrests at the protest, which began at Grand Central Station and continued onto Penn Station, stopping along the way at Port Authority Bus Terminal.

 Pro-Palestinian protesters attend "Flood Brooklyn for Gaza" demonstration, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas continues, in New York, US, October 28, 2023.

There's no Jewish leader that spoke for us with as much integrity as Elie Wiesel - opinion

As a teacher, he was uniquely compelling and continues to inspire through The Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies.

 THE WRITER visits Elie Wiesel in his office.

Holocaust education: We must show people the evils of antisemitism - opinion

What is the role of Holocaust education? It’s not the answer to a 2,000-year-old problem that manifests itself in multiple forms.

 THE WRITER speaks at an event marking Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day, at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, in April 2012.

Philaldelphia high school librarian told to take down Elie Wiesel poster

The district allowed the high school to put the posters back up the next day and used a statement highlighting that Wiesel's memoir is part of its curriculum.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel

Grapevine November 30, 2022: An intimate state dinner

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and World Zionist Organization Chairman Yaakov Hagoel (left) shake hands with participants at the commemoration ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the UN resolution on the partition of Palestine.

Elie Wiesel Foundation to launch new ‘hybrid’ philanthropic strategy

The organization said its new approach will not only support human rights through funding but also through working side by side with human rights groups.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Weisel

Hungary's Viktor Orbán is not antisemitic - opinion

It was an Orbán government that established the Memorial Day for the Hungarian Victims of the Holocaust and founded the Holocaust Museum.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is greeted on arrival at Ben-Gurion Airport, July 18, 2018

Children of the Holocaust: The last remnant - opinion

Elie Wiesel's death in July 2016 is the beginning of the end of the eyewitnesses to the horrors of the Holocaust

 ELIE WIESEL speaks at the first ‘Facing Tomorrow’ Israeli Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, 2008