Elie Wiesel, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, was born in the provincial town of Sighet, Romania on September 30, 1928. A Jewish community had existed there since 1640, when it sought ...

Elie Wiesel's literary work prompted one reviewer to recall Isaac Bashevis Singer's definition of Jews as "a people who can't sleep themselves and let nobody else sleep," and to predict, "While ...

The words of Nobel Prize-winning author, Holocaust survivor, teacher and human rights activist, Elie Wiesel, have inspired ...

The memorial service for the Nobel Peace Prize winner also featured speeches by American UN Ambassador Samantha Power and Ron Dermer, the Israeli ambassador in Washington. WASHINGTON (JTA) — The ...

Best known as the author of “Night,” Wiesel wrote more than 50 books of fiction and nonfiction — and not all were focused on his harrowing experiences in concentration camps. Most people ...