elie wiesel we day speech transcript

The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. Thank you, Mr. click for flash, [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below The Torah is the Hebrew name for the first five books of the Scriptures, in which God hands down the tablets of the Law to Moses on Mt. inhuman. I always do and at this moment more than ever. Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere. This both frightens and pleases me. google_ad_width = 160; Copyright 2001-Present. All Rights Reserved. This is the twentieth century, not the Middle Ages. For more than a century, these academic institutions have worked independently to select Nobel Prize laureates. In 1978, President Jimmy Carter appointed Wiesel as Chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. He makes a few friends who, like himself, believe that the memory of evil will serve as a shield against evil; that the memory of death will serve as a shield against death. When human lives are endangered, when human dignity is in jeopardy, national borders and sensitivities become irrelevant. MLA style: Elie Wiesel Acceptance Speech. The attack on Salman Rushdie, and on free speech Transcript