July 5, 2016
(RNS) Elie Wiesel’s death is inspiring an outpouring of grief and gratitude from leaders in the religious and political world, and ordinary people alike. As a Jew, writer and philosopher who lost his family and nearly his own life in the Holocaust, Wiesel’s death resonated particularly among Jews around the world, and in Israel, a nation he vigorously defended.
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