Pakistani girl shot by Taliban starts at English school

Published on March 19, 2013

Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani girl who drew global attention after being shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls' education, returned to school on Tuesday in Britain where she has been treated for her injuries.

Elie Wiesel and questions of God and duty

Published on February 15, 2013

The madness always calls him back. You only have to glance at Elie Wiesel’s tortured face to know that he is always at risk. Even after the countless novels and the Nobel Peace Prize.

Elie Wiesel on Oprah Dec. 9: Sneak peak Q & A [VIDEO]

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on December 8, 2012

Peres briefs Obama on Hamas commander killing

Published on November 14, 2012

Israeli President Shimon Peres briefed U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday about Israel's killing of the Hamas military commander in Gaza, saying the man was a "mass-murderer", Peres's office said in a statement.

Who’s winning the foreign policy debate?

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on October 17, 2012

It is often assumed that foreign policy is a field in which deeds matter more than words. But looking at the two presidential candidates in the 2012 election cycle, Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, one might end up with the opposite impression: It is words, not deeds, that make their foreign policies seem different.

Wiesel, Jewish leaders rap changes to Canada’s refugee policy

Published on July 9, 2012

Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel joined a growing list of Jewish leaders who are calling on Canada to reverse changes to legislation that denies health care to refugee claimants.

Teshuva in Liberia: Moving from ruin to reconciliation

Published on July 5, 2012

Sometimes, when you visit a place that is full of so much pain, the stories — and days — begin to bleed into one another.

Wiesel raps Hungary Nazi past ‘whitewash’

Published on June 19, 2012

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel has renounced a Hungarian state award he received in 2004 in protest against what he said was a "whitewashing" of the role of former Hungarian governments in the deportation of Jews during World War Two.

The Perception Gap

By Helen Davis
Published on April 5, 2001

Who is the most distrusted and despised Israeli politician in the Arab world? The answer is not to be found among the usual suspects -- current and former Likud prime ministers Ariel Sharon and Binyamin Netanyahu. Rather, it is the dove incarnate: Shimon Peres.