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 died at his home in Manhattan on Saturday, reports the New York Times. The author, Auschwitz survivor, activist, journalist, Zionist, academic, lecturer, and Nobel Peace Prize winner ...