Tag: Elie Wiesel

The YouTube video discusses the historic Israeli Supreme Court decision requiring ultraorthodox individuals to serve in the military, potentially impacting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government, with in-depth analysis of the ruling's legal, political, economic, and social implications by Moment Israel Editor Eetta Prince-Gibson and Moment Editor-in-Chief Nadine Epstein.
In 1985, President Ronald Reagan's visit to Bitburg, a German military cemetery containing graves of Waffen-SS members, sparked controversy as Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel and others urged him to reconsider honoring SS soldiers.
The text delves into the theme of wilful ignorance through the lens of Herman Wouk's character Leslie Slote in "The Winds of War", who tried to alert officials about the Holocaust but faced denial.
Yossi Klein Halevi and Amy E. Schwartz discuss current events in Israel, including a contentious government and a divided population, in a wide-ranging conversation.
Elie Wiesel reflects on the courage and tragedy of the young Jewish fighters in the Warsaw ghetto uprising, highlighting their isolation and the world's indifference to their struggle.
In this article, the author reflects on their encounter with Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and author of the memoir Night, during a summer camp in 1966.
In this article, Elie Wiesel reflects on his visit to Disneyland in 1957.
A federal judge in Iowa has blocked key parts of a state law that prohibits school libraries from stocking books depicting sex acts, citing that it would prevent books about the Holocaust, such as Elie Wiesel's Night, from being accessible.
The author of Between The Lines, a Substack newsletter, expresses gratitude to subscribers for their support and highlights the success of the publication, which has published 160 posts, received over 435,000 views, and doubled its number of subscribers in 2023.
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In this article, Moment Magazine discusses two planned executions and their implications for the Jewish community.
In this conversation, Joseph Berger, former New York Times journalist and author of "Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence," and Nadine Epstein, editor-in-chief of Moment magazine and editor of "Elie Wiesel: An Extraordinary Life & Legacy," discuss the life and legacy of Elie Wiesel.
Elie Wiesel: Confronting The Silence, a biography by Joseph Berger, explores the life of Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace laureate who became a prominent voice for remembering and learning from the Holocaust.
Joseph Berger, a former New York Times journalist, shares insights from his book "Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence," which is the first English-language biography of the renowned Jewish intellectual and Holocaust author, Elie Wiesel.
Elie Wiesel, the author of Night and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, is the focus of a new Jewish Lives biography by Joseph Berger called Elie Wiesel: Confronting the Silence.
The article discusses the response of the Yiddish literary elite to Isaac Bashevis Singer's Nobel Prize win in 1978 and explores the lesser-known Yiddish writers, Chaim Grade and Abraham Sutzkever, who were revered by many Yiddish readers.
The article explores the enigmatic figure of Monsieur Chouchani, a mysterious teacher who had a profound impact on significant Jewish intellectuals such as Elie Wiesel, Emmanuel Levinas, and Shalom Rosenberg.
In a recent op-ed for the Washington Post, Elisha Wiesel, son of the late Elie Wiesel, discusses the honoring of his father through a sculpture of his likeness in the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
Journalist Howard Reich, the son of Holocaust survivors, never spoke to his parents about their experiences during the Holocaust until his mother started reliving those memories in 2001.
Elisha Wiesel, son of late Nobel Peace laureate Elie Wiesel, is embarking on retirement after a 25-year career at Goldman Sachs.
Yosef Begun, initially unknown outside Soviet prisons, gained recognition when Elie Wiesel mentioned him in a Nobel Prize speech.
The author reflects on an encounter in Hollywood where he pitched a screenplay about George Catlin, a painter who documented Native American life in the 19th century.
Vandals recently desecrated the Holocaust Memorial in Athens by removing two out of three panels featuring an inscription by Elie Wiesel.
Allison, Don, and Noah discuss the failure of Palestinian leaders to condemn the murder of a Jewish girl, whether criticizing Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel for not embracing Palestinians is valid, and the stripping of a prize from human rights NGO Breaking the Silence by Ben-Gurion University's president.
Elie Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate known for his activism and writings, passed away at the age of 87.