Elie Wiesel

A proposal to redevelop Washington’s Old Post Office includes ambitious but ill-defined plans for a museum of world Jewish history

Elie Wiesel’s Night and Jerzy Kosinski’s The Painted Bird established the child’s perspective as a useful lens for confronting the Holocaust

The singular horror of the Holocaust is being lost in exchange for enshrining rare moments of inspiration and universal narratives of suffering

The mystery of Anne Sinclair and her steadfast support of her husband

Plus Obama at AIPAC, Obama vs. Iran, and more

Transfigurations: iterations of the Holocaust for Christian teens, boxing enthusiasts, bibliophiles, history buffs, and neo-Sebaldians

Elie Wiesel took to the 92Y stage this week for an evening of Yiddish standards, childhood reminiscences, and Borscht Belt shtick. Somehow it worked.

Books that instruct, books that edify

In her new book, critic Ruth Franklin argues for why the Holocaust is best understood through fiction

It’s time for Israel to rethink its rejection of the Armenian Genocide

Jews of Madison Avenue, Jews of Broadway

Madoff imagined, and more

The controversial new Madoff play may be obscene, but that’s why it’s great

Like most Holocaust historians, Christopher Browning was wary of survivor testimony. Then, one case made him realize he could ignore it no longer.

Plus Iron Dome is fully forged, and more in the news