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Elie Wiesel (Photo: David Shankbone)

11/12/2018 Top Pick

Learning and Life With Elie Wiesel

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

(Photo: Sebastian Derungs/World Economic Forum)

9/11/2017

Remembering Elie Wiesel at Boston University

The Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies is hosting “In Memory of Elie Wiesel: A Day of Learning and Celebration” on Sept. 17.

By Judy Bolton-Fasman

Elie Wiesel in Paris after being awarded the French literature Medicis prize for his novel “Le Mendiant de Jerusalem,” Nov. 26, 1968.(/AFP/Getty Images)

7/12/2016

Elie Wiesel Memorial Statue Proposed by Congress Members

Several U.S. congressmen introduced resolutions to honor the life and work of Elie Wiesel, including a proposal to create a memorial statue to be placed in the U.S. Capitol...

By Jewish Telegraphic Agency

A man waves an American flag in the Independence Day parade in Barnstable. (MIKE SEGAR/REUTERS)

7/4/2016

Elie Wiesel’s Love of America

There is a bittersweet poignancy to the timing of Elie Wiesel’s death just as Americans were embarking on the Independence Day holiday.

By The Boston Globe

President Obama toured the Buchenwald concentration camp in 2009 with Elie Wiesel (right). (GERALD HERBERT/ASSOCIATED PRESS/FILE 2009)

7/4/2016

Elie Wiesel Calls Us to Pursue Justice

Elie Wiesel changed the way we think about human rights and the way we understand our responsibility to each other.

By The Boston Globe

People embraced outside the Fifth Avenue Synagogue during the funeral for Elie Wiesel on Sunday. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

7/3/2016

Elie Wiesel Remembered at Private Service in New York

Elie Wiesel was memorialized Sunday at a private service in Manhattan, as family and friends gathered to praise the endurance and eloquence of the Nobel Peace Prize recipient and...

By The Boston Globe

(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

7/3/2016

Elie Wiesel in the JTA Archives: 50 Years of Coverage

Elie Wiesel’s name has appeared in nearly 900 JTA articles over the years.

By Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Nobel laureate and writer Elie Wiesel stood in front of a photo of himself and other inmates that was taken at Buchenwald in 1945. (SVEN NACKSTRAND/AFP/GETTY IMAGES/FILE 1986)

7/3/2016 Top Pick

Fond Memories of Elie Wiesel in Boston

Elie Wiesel died Saturday at his home in Manhattan at age 87.

By The Boston Globe

Elie Wiesel attends a symposium of Jewish-Hungarian solidarity in Budapest's parliament in 2009. (LASZLO BALOGH PHOTO/REUTERS)

7/3/2016

A Tribute to Humanity’s Teacher

Elie Wiesel did more to bring the word “human” into human rights than any person in modern history.

By The Boston Globe

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