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A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

A nonprofit, independent news source to inform, inspire, educate and connect the St. Louis Jewish community.

St. Louis Jewish Light

Elie Wiesel (left), Nobel laureate, Holocaust survivor and human rights activist, delivers the 2011 Commencement address to an audience of more than 15,000 in Washington University’s Brookings Quadrangle as Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton (center) and Grand Marshal Robert Wiltenburg, look on. Wiesel’s speech was titled “Memory and Ethics.” Photo courtesy Washington University

Wiesel says Obama plan intended to stimulate talks

BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief EmeritusPublished May 25, 2011

Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, prolific author and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate said he does "not believe President Barack Obama is anti-Israel." He added that the president's controversial speech last week at the State Department calling for a peace...

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Elie Wiesel to speak at Wash.U commencement

Published April 7, 2011

Holocaust survivor, noted author and Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel will speak at Washington University's commencement ceremony in May, the university announced this week. The university's 150th Commencement will begin at 8:30 a.m. May 20 in Brookings Quadrangle...

This image of children in Bolivia is included in an exhibit at the Holocaust Museum of Eric Greitens photographs from his travels doing humanitarian work.

HMLC photo exhibit draws from Greitens’ award-winning book

By David Baugher, Special to the Jewish LightPublished October 13, 2010

Have you read "Night"?The question surprised Eric Greitens for a moment. It's not an unusual query but one that held extra meaning coming from a 19-year-old English student in Kigali, Rwanda's war torn capital. The questioner explained that he had often...

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