Elie Wiesel
The zone of indifference
By Joshua Hammerman — March 21, 2024
(RNS) — Elie Wiesel's creed of non-apathy demands that Jews open our eyes to the suffering of innocents on all sides, including Gazans.
Elie Wiesel-inspired fellowship models peace building amid Israel-Hamas War
By Kathryn Post — November 17, 2023
(RNS) — 'We are all facing a choice right now, with peers and colleagues and friends: will we lean in or will we lean out?' Ariel Burger, founder of The Witness Institute, told RNS.
‘Brigadoon’ for Jewish singers, choral festival showcases the wonder of music
By Kathryn Post — July 14, 2023
TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK (RNS) — The North American Jewish Choral Festival brought together roughly 400 singers in Tarrytown, New York, this week.
What’s threatening Florida?
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 16, 2023
It's not just that huge mass of seaweed. There is something far more insidious going on.
When they came for the books …
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 10, 2023
(RNS) — Florida lately has become more known for book bannings than its sunlight.
In the wake of tragedy, make a difference where you are
By Elisha Wiesel — October 30, 2018
NEW YORK (RNS) — How will we as Jews confront hatred when we disagree on so many things? We will work together because our disagreements are how we will make progress.
Remembering the children of the Warsaw Ghetto on the 75th anniversary of the uprising
By Samantha Baskind — April 19, 2018
(RNS) — While the Warsaw Ghetto uprising offers a narrative that has been vibrantly told again and again, mythologized by an American culture that craves happy endings, however feeble they may be, the ghetto’s story also speaks to a different kind of memory: one of lost innocence and mercilessness.
Holocaust Museum revokes Suu Kyi’s human rights award
By Associated Press — March 7, 2018
(AP) — The move is just the latest in a series of blows to Suu Kyi’s international reputation, which has plummeted over the Rohingya massacres.
The cost of Jewish silence on Bannon
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 22, 2016
Remember Elie Wiesel? Four months gone, and already spinning in his grave.
Escaping this toxic political season to reread the words of my heroes
By Yonat Shimron — July 26, 2016
(RNS) To escape the flood of poisonous rhetoric, I turned off my TV and shut down my computer, and sought relief by rereading my favorite thinkers: Mark Twain, Mother Teresa, Mohandas Gandhi and Elie Wiesel.
What Elie Wiesel meant to me
By David P. Gushee — July 5, 2016
A personal tribute to the leading voice of Holocaust remembrance in the United States.
Elie Wiesel died when we needed him the most
By Aysha Khan — July 3, 2016
Our country and our world need another Elie Wiesel. And fast.
Elie Wiesel’s death prompts outpouring of tributes
By Lauren Markoe — July 3, 2016
(RNS) Leaders from around the world and from different faiths join the Jewish world in mourning the Holocaust survivor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and author.
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and teacher of tolerance, is dead at 87
By Lauren Markoe — July 2, 2016
(RNS) He spent 10 years in silence about the Holocaust before he found his voice as the world's most famous advocate for remembering the unthinkable.
Holocaust Museum to honor civil rights leader
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — May 3, 2016
WASHINGTON (RNS) During the Days of Remembrance for the Holocaust, the congressman and activist will be honored as “an inspiration to people of conscience the world over.”
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