About the Elie Wiesel Foundation

These conferences united Nobel Laureates, kings, presidents, and other world leaders from both sides of the table by coming together for a shared cause. Our Petra Conference in 2006 convened an important historical meeting between Palestinian and Israeli leadership together with Professor Wiesel’s friend King Abdullah of Jordan.

The topics discussed at these conferences were never easy, but through these conversations, we were able to cross divides and build a bridge between people who were previously thought to be unreachable. Those connections have gone on to open doors for action, whether at the local, national or international level.

The Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics has received thousands of submissions from students across the country. Not only a scholarship opportunity, the Prize in Ethics recipients receive training in the real-world aspects of moral leadership through in-person and virtual seminars and writing and speaking coaching. As part of their fellowship, Prize recipients extend the program’s impact by returning to their campuses to lead peer-to-peer seminars co-sponsored by The Foundation, creating a multiplier effect that engages and inspires additional young people to embrace Elie and Marion Wiesel’s moral vision for a more humane and ethical world.

The winners are selected through a rigorous, multi-tiered, anonymous review process involving a readers’ committee and jury led by Elisha Wiesel together with Dov Seidman, Founder and Chairman of The HOW Institute for Society and LRN, and board member of The Foundation and long-time partner on the Prize in Ethics.