The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/elie-wiesel/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:44:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Elie Wiesel | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/elie-wiesel/ 32 32 New documentary reveals saga behind Elie Wiesel’s world-famous Holocaust memoir ‘Night’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-documentary-reveals-saga-behind-elie-wiesels-world-famous-holocaust-memoir/ Tue, 27 Jan 2026 03:52:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3741650 In 'Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire,' airing on PBS in the US on January 27, filmmaker Oren Rudavsky examines the Nobel laureate through his 'lifelong attempt to give his life meaning'

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]]> To protect Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night,’ US judge blocks part of ‘bizarre’ book ban law https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-judge-blocks-part-of-bizarre-book-ban-law-to-protect-elie-wiesels-night/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 06:39:35 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3192958 Iowa judge Stephen Locher says that the 'broad' law banning books that depict sex acts could prevent schools from stocking Holocaust education books

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]]> Harvey Meyerhoff, chair of US Holocaust Memorial Museum at its founding, dies at 96 https://www.timesofisrael.com/harvey-meyerhoff-chair-of-us-holocaust-memorial-museum-at-its-founding-dies-at-96/ Tue, 08 Aug 2023 08:54:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3067335 Real estate businessman raised the $150 million in private funds that built the museum; was also prominent supporter of the arts, culture and education in Baltimore and Israel

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]]> Philadelphia high school librarian ordered to remove poster with Elie Wiesel quote https://www.timesofisrael.com/philadelphia-high-school-librarian-ordered-to-remove-poster-with-elie-wiesel-quote/ Sat, 28 Jan 2023 21:56:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2937559 School district later reverses decision by principal who cited 'neutrality' policy, notes the Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize-winning author's 'Night' is part of the curriculum

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]]> Bucharest city council rejects plan to remove bust of pro-Nazi minister https://www.timesofisrael.com/bucharest-city-council-rejects-plan-to-remove-bust-of-pro-nazi-minister/ Wed, 04 Jan 2023 03:44:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2916601 Elie Wiesel Center accuses officials in Romanian capital of breaking law by leaving monument to Mircea Vulcanescu, who served in government of Hitler ally Ion Antonescu

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]]> Romania makes Holocaust education mandatory in all high schools https://www.timesofisrael.com/romania-makes-holocaust-education-mandatory-in-all-high-schools/ Thu, 18 Nov 2021 12:42:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2651652 Law to come into effect in 2023; nationalist lawmaker says legislation is unnecessary, falsely claiming Romania hasn’t seen a single 'serious antisemitic case' in 20 years

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]]> Israel to display notebooks of mysterious scholar who taught Elie Wiesel https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-to-display-notebooks-of-mysterious-scholar-who-taught-elie-wiesel-others/ Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:58:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2635014 Curator at National Library hails 'Mr. Shushani,' who also counted Emmanuel Levinas among his pupils, as one of the most 'influential figures in 20th-century Jewish thought'

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]]> Podcast: Born in shadow of Holocaust, artist Mindy Weisel searches for beauty https://www.timesofisrael.com/podcast-born-in-shadow-of-holocaust-artist-mindy-wiesel-searches-for-beauty/ Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:47:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2617254 Weisel discusses her latest memoir, 'After: The Obligation of Beauty,' drawing on her experience as a daughter to Auschwitz survivor parents

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]]> Amid rising US antisemitism, Jewish groups plan July 11 solidarity rally in DC https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-rising-us-antisemitism-jewish-groups-plan-july-11-solidarity-rally-in-dc/ Tue, 06 Jul 2021 19:26:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2575755 'NO FEAR: A Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People' set to take place in Washington with a 'big tent' of Jewish groups; co-organized by Elisha Wiesel

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]]> Elie Wiesel to be first modern Jew honored with bust in US National Cathedral https://www.timesofisrael.com/elie-wiesel-to-be-first-modern-jew-honored-with-bust-in-us-national-cathedral/ Wed, 28 Apr 2021 12:55:26 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2532247 Nobel laureate and Holocaust memoirist joins fellow members-of-the-tribe Jesus and some apostles, along with humanitarians Mother Teresa, Rosa Parks, and Oscar Romero in DC shrine

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]]> History in the making: The Mossad mission to capture Adolf Eichmann https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-mossad-mission-to-capture-adolf-eichmann/ Fri, 08 May 2020 07:45:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2301642 How Israel's spy agency laid its hands on one of Nazi Germany's most notorious war criminals and brought him to trial in Jerusalem

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]]> Romania approves Holocaust museum aimed at shedding light on its WWII role https://www.timesofisrael.com/romania-approves-holocaust-museum-aimed-at-shedding-light-on-its-wwii-role/ Wed, 09 Oct 2019 15:55:42 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2162307 Panel headed by late Elie Weisel found 280,000 Romanian Jews and 380,000 Ukrainian Jews died in Romanian territory in Nazi era, along with 11,000 Roma

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]]> Trump submits first report mandated under Wiesel Genocide Prevention Act https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-submits-first-report-mandated-under-wiesel-genocide-prevention-act/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:25:59 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2149118 Document ordered under new law provides overview of US government’s efforts to prevent and respond to mass atrocities around the world

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]]> Yad Vashem urges US politicians to end ‘divisive anti-Semitic language’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/yad-vashem-urges-us-politicians-to-end-divisive-anti-semitic-language/ Thu, 28 Mar 2019 10:40:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2045847 Israel's Holocaust memorial museum runs ads in New York Times and Washington Post during AIPAC conference

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]]> Trump signs into law genocide prevention act named for Elie Wiesel https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-signs-into-law-genocide-prevention-act-named-for-elie-wiesel/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 04:45:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com?p=1998713&preview=true&preview_id=1998713 Legislation in honor of Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor defines prevention of mass murder as a matter of national security

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