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The Elie Wiesel Foundation’s “One Light, Many Flames” Chanukah concert will celebrate Israel’s diverse voices, connect new generation to legacy of its founders

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, October 14, 2026

/EINPresswire.com/ — Forty years ago, Elie Wiesel stood before the world in Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize and insist that every person has a responsibility to act. On December 9, the eve of that anniversary, The Elie Wiesel Foundation will bring that conviction to The Town Hall in New York City with One Light, Many Flames, a Chanukah concert celebrating the diversity of Israel and the Jewish people—and supporting young people who will carry his legacy forward.

The evening will feature The Idan Raichel Project, Ravid Kahalani, Eden Golan and Yuval Raphael, with special guests Shaggy and Matisyahu and Nuseir Yassin as emcee.

Bringing Jewish audiences and non-Jewish allies together, the concert will turn a milestone of remembrance into an investment in education, connection and the next generation.

Proceeds will benefit The Foundation’s Beit Tzipora Centers in Israel. They will also expand educational exchanges that connect American students reading Night with young Israelis whose lives are part of Elie and Marion Wiesel’s enduring legacy.

“Forty years ago, I sat in Oslo and watched the hope on my father’s face as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize and reminded the world that we must always take sides because neutrality helps the oppressor. Today, that mandate is more urgent than ever. Through the ‘One Light, Many Flames’ concert and our work through Beit Tzipora, we aren’t just preserving my parents’ memory. We are putting it into action, celebrating the vibrant diversity of our people, and ensuring that the next generation has the moral courage to stand up and be counted,” said Elisha Wiesel, Chair of The Elie Wiesel Foundation.

From the pages of Night to a conversation across continents

That legacy is already bringing students together through a modern-day pen pal program. Last year, New Jersey middle school readers of Night were introduced by video to Ethiopian-Israeli students at Beit Tzipora in Israel.

The American students encountered Elie Wiesel first through his testimony. Then, through the exchange, they discovered what he and Marion went on to build—and met young people benefiting from that work today.

Those conversations make the diversity of Israeli society personal. Students get to know one another through questions, experiences Elisha Wiesel, Chairman of The Elie Wiesel and everyday life, building relationships Foundation and son of Elie Wiesel across countries and communities. Popular misconceptions of Israel as white, colonialist, etc are directly challenged before they can take root. Concert proceeds will help the Foundation bring these exchanges to more students.

For more than three decades, the Beit Tzipora Centers in Ashkelon and Kiryat Malachi have helped young Ethiopian Israelis build pathways to success in school, military service and beyond.

Named for Elie Wiesel’s younger sister, Tzipora, who was murdered in Auschwitz, the centers serve nearly 600 students annually.

Many voices, one shared responsibility

The concert brings the same spirit of connection to the stage. The concert comes at a time when Israel and Jewish identity are often reduced to political arguments and simple narratives. Our lineup therefore celebrates the many cultures, histories and musical traditions that shape Israel and the Jewish people, inviting audiences from different backgrounds to take part in a shared evening of music and purpose.

Held during Chanukah, One Light, Many Flames draws on the belief that one person can make a difference—and that the light one person kindles can inspire others to act.

Elie Wiesel received the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 1986. Forty years later, the Foundation’s invitation is both a celebration and a call to participation: come together, encounter the diverse voices of Israel to whom Elie and Marion were so deeply committed, and help the next generation carry their legacy into the future.

Event Details

One Light, Many Flames

A Chanukah concert marking 40 years since Elie Wiesel received the Nobel Peace Prize

Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2026

Time: 8:00 p.m.

Venue: The Town Hall, 123 W. 43rd Street, New York City

Featuring: The Idan Raichel Project, Ravid Kahalani, Eden Golan and Yuval Raphael

Special Guests: Shaggy and Matisyahu

Emcee: Nuseir Yassin

Presenting Sponsors: The Wiesel Family, Braman Family Foundation and The Kraft Family

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Tickets are limited and go on sale in late October. Join the Foundation’s mailing list for early access at https://www.eliewieselfoundation.org.

Limited sponsorship opportunities are available at https://givebutter.com/one-light-manyflames.

About Beit Tzipora

The Beit Tzipora Centers for Study and Enrichment are an initiative of The Elie Wiesel Foundation. Located in Ashkelon and Kiryat Malachi, the centers provide educational support, enrichment, mentorship and community programming, with a longstanding focus on Ethiopian Israelis. Serving nearly 600 students annually, the centers use a family-centered model to help create pathways into higher education, military service and careers.

About The Elie Wiesel Foundation

Elie and Marion Wiesel established The Elie Wiesel Foundation in 1987, shortly after Elie received the Nobel Peace Prize, to advance their vision for a more humane and ethical world through education and human rights initiatives. Today, The Foundation carries that mission forward by promoting human dignity, defending persecuted communities and cultivating ethical leadership across generations.

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New appointments strengthen the Foundation’s leadership as it advances Elie and Marion Wiesel’s legacy for a new generation

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, September 15, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Elie Wiesel Foundation today announced the appointment of Sheara Fredman and Elias Davis to its Board of Directors, adding two accomplished business leaders whose experience, leadership and commitment to making a positive impact will help guide the Foundation into its next chapter.
Fredman is a longtime senior leader at Goldman Sachs, where she serves as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. She joined the firm in 2002 and was named Managing Director in 2008 and Partner in 2012. Throughout her career, she has held significant leadership responsibilities across the firm while demonstrating a longstanding commitment to community, education and Jewish life.

“It was a privilege to serve for many years with Sheara as my fellow partner at Goldman Sachs,” said Elisha Wiesel, Chairman of the Board of The Elie Wiesel Foundation and son of Elie and Marion Wiesel. “Her moral strength and incredible work ethic mark her as one of the most impactful business leaders I know. Her values of fairness, transparency and hard work deeply reflect my parents’ legacy.”

Davis, currently an executive at Palantir, is an accomplished investor and business leader. His appointment brings an entrepreneurial and commercial perspective to the Foundation as it works to broaden its reach and translate Elie Wiesel’s teachings into action for a new generation.

“Elias brings an incredible commercial mindset to the table, along with deep convictions on how to build a better world for the next generation,” said Elisha Wiesel. “His curiosity and energy are already pushing us to think bigger.”

The appointments come as The Elie Wiesel Foundation continues to expand its work promoting human rights, moral leadership, education and cross-cultural understanding while confronting injustice and antisemitism.

“Sheara and Elias’s leadership and perspectives will strengthen our mission to promote moral leadership and combat antisemitism globally,” said LizAnn Eisen, Executive Director of The Elie Wiesel Foundation. “They each bring extraordinary experience, but also a genuine commitment to putting values into action. We are thrilled to welcome them to the Board and to have their leadership as we continue building the Foundation’s future.”

Their appointments are part of a broader strengthening of the Foundation’s leadership as it invests in its next chapter. They join more recent Board additions Lisa Opoku and Tami Rosen, alongside longtime directors Marc Winkelman, Dov Seidman and Bruno Cohen. Seidman and Cohen were appointed to the Board by Marion and Elisha Wiesel and, together with Winkelman, who was appointed to the board by Elie Wiesel, have helped steward the Foundation’s mission over many years.

Together, the Board brings continuity, new perspectives and deep experience across business, technology, culture and philanthropy, all in service of preserving Elie and Marion Wiesel’s legacy while ensuring that their values and teachings remain a living force in the world today.

“Preserving Elie and Marion’s legacy cannot mean simply remembering what they stood for,” Wiesel added. “It means applying those principles to the world in front of us and empowering people, especially young people, to find the courage to act on them. That is the future we are building.”

ABOUT THE ELIE WIESEL FOUNDATION
Elie and Marion Wiesel founded The Elie Wiesel Foundation in 1987, shortly after Elie won the Nobel Peace Prize.They launched education and human rights projects aligned with their moral vision for a more humane and ethical world. Today the Foundation carries that mission forward by promoting human dignity, defending persecuted communities, and fostering ethical leadership across generations.

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL, July 12, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/

Elisha Wiesel, Chairman of The Elie Wiesel Foundation, delivered remarks today at an event at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the passing of his father, Elie Wiesel, Nobel laureate.

Elisha opened his speech by acknowledging that he was standing in a place that his father called “the heart and soul of Jewish memory.” At the dedication of Yad Vashem, Elie Wiesel called on the world to recognize that the Holocaust demonstrated man’s inhumanity to Jews. He said “Jews were not killed because they were human beings. In the eyes of the killers, they were not human beings! They were Jews! It is because they were Jews that it was so easy for the killers to kill!”

In his remarks, Elisha strongly condemned Mr. Emanuel’s calls to end U.S. support for Israel along with his statement that Israel is a pariah nation.

Elisha Wiesel said “In 2009, President Obama visited Buchenwald, from which my father was liberated, and asked him to speak. My father warned that the world had not learned its lessons — that its approval could never be counted on. My father’s moral vision refutes Mr. Emanuel’s. The world’s approval was never the measure of a Jew’s right to live. To make it our test is to unlearn
Buchenwald.

Many might have made that mistake in innocence, but Rahm Emanuel is not one of them. As the President’s Chief of Staff, he organized that visit and heard that speech.”

In his remarks, Elisha also called on Mr. Emanuel to focus his energies closer to home.

The Foundation’s Executive Director, LizAnn Eisen, said “The Foundation is committed to upholding Elie Wiesel’s legacy of speaking hard truths to the strong on behalf of the weak.” Elie Wiesel was known for speaking publicly and urgently to end human suffering wherever it occurred from the Khmer Rouge’s killings in Cambodia, the genocides in Darfur, Sudan and in Rwanda, to immigrants in the United States. The Foundation continues Elie Wiesel’s work advocating on behalf of those suffering at home and abroad.

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About The Elie Wiesel Foundation
Founded by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, and his wife Marion, The Foundation advocates for global human rights, ethical reflection and cross-cultural understanding through programs that engage students, artists, educators, and communities in meaningful dialogue and action.

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, May 6, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Elie Wiesel Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of this year’s Elie Wiesel Ethics Prize. The winners come from schools across the country, and their essays have been selected through a rigorous anonymous process during which the distinguished readers’ committee and jury identified essays offering thoughtful, nuanced explorations of pressing ethical challenges in today’s world. Elisha Wiesel, son of Elie Wiesel and Chairman of The Elie Wiesel Foundation, remarked that “this year’s essays were outstanding and presented the jury with an exciting opportunity to engage with a range of ethical issues and deepen their own thinking.”

Now in its 37th year, the prize invites students to write essays that engage deeply with complex moral questions, often drawing from personal experience to illuminate broader societal and ethical issues. In addition to scholarships, the winners will participate in curated professional development training, including expert writing and speaking seminars, learning modules, and networking opportunities. The winners will be celebrated on October 6, 2026, at the annual Elie Wiesel Ethics Prize Dinner.

“I’m proud to partner with The Elie Wiesel Foundation in an essay contest that inspires students to wrestle deeply — in both a philosophical and personal way — with consequential issues facing humanity and society through an ethical lens. In writing essays that prod our conscience, this year’s remarkable group of student winners are already making a difference in the world. They each embody the hope that a new generation of moral leaders will rise to meet the challenges before us,” said 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 Ethics Prize.

We congratulate the following winners:

Cynthia Medina, Yale University, 1st prize, When I Said I Was Fine

Noella Mongony, George Mason University, 2nd prize, Stones That Remember

Kaia Fujinaka, California Polytechnic State University, 3rd prize, What We Carry Quietly: Guilt at the Bedside

Honorable mention:

Shah Wasif Fabian, Eastern Illinois University, Stillness

Maya Kikov, Macaulay Honors College at CUNY, Solidarity in Silence: From Wiesel to October 7th

The Foundation’s Executive Director, LizAnn Eisen, said “The winning essays stood out in a year of record submissions. We appreciate the time and effort of our readers and our jury to identify essays that push each of us to think about systemic moral and ethical challenges.”

The Foundation will open submissions for the 2027 Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest in Fall 2026. Submissions will be due in January 2027. The contest will be open to all undergraduate students enrolled as full-time students for the Spring 2027 semester at accredited four-year colleges and universities.

About The Elie Wiesel Foundation

Founded by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, and his wife Marion, The Foundation advocates for global human rights, ethical reflection and cross-cultural understanding through programs that engage students, artists, educators, and communities

in meaningful dialogue and action.

To learn more, visit: www.eliewieselfoundation.org.

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, February 25, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Elie Wiesel Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Lisa Opoku to its board of directors. On behalf of the board, I am honored to welcome Lisa Opoku to The Elie Wiesel Foundation,” said Elisha Wiesel. “Lisa brings a deep commitment to human dignity, and moral courage—values that are at the heart of my parents’ legacy. Her voice and perspective will strengthen our mission to promote tolerance and human dignity while building coalitions to dismantle barriers to justice wherever they appear.”

“Lisa has already made significant contributions to the The Elie Wiesel Foundation by dedicating her time to broaden the connections of The Foundation, especially for key technology and communication resources. This is exactly the kind of commitment and strategic vision that will make her a great board member,” said LizAnn Eisen, executive director of The Foundation.

Lisa is a recognized leader across business, law and philanthropy with over 30 years of experience in financial services. She currently is the Chief Operating Officer of Future Standard and a member of its Management Committee, where she plays a central role in shaping and executing the firm’s strategic agenda. Prior to that she spent over 20 years at Goldman Sachs, where she was a Partner for a decade. She most recently served as Global Head of the Goldman Sachs Partner Family Office in the firm’s Asset Management and Wealth Management Division. Her other leadership positions include serving as the Chief Operating Officer for each of Engineering, Asia Pacific Securities Division, and FICC Bank Loan Trading and Syndications. During her tenure in Asia, Lisa was based in Hong Kong for six years and worked extensively throughout Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, India and Australia. Lisa was recognized by Barrons in 2022 as one of The 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance. Lisa currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Contemporary Arts Memphis and is a member of the Board of Directors for Tradeweb Markets LLC, AssetMark, and Cedar Health Research. She is on the Board of Trustees for The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and The University of Minnesota. Lisa graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Arts degree, summa cum laude and received her Juris Doctor from The Harvard Law School.

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Founded by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, and his wife, Marion, The Foundation fosters global human rights, ethical reflection, and cross-cultural understanding through programs that engage students, artists, educators, and communities in meaningful dialogue and action.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2025 – The Elie Wiesel Foundation today announced LizabethAnn Eisen as the Foundation’s new Executive Director. “What excites me about this role is the moment we’re living in, and the opportunity to be part of the change I want to see in the world around us,” said Eisen. “I am honored to join The Elie Wiesel Foundation. Elie Wiesel’s words and work have inspired generations to find their moral courage to stand up against ignorance, injustice, and intolerance. It is a profound privilege to help carry forward that legacy and to work alongside a dedicated team committed to making a meaningful difference — in the United States, Israel, and around the world.” Eisen’s appointment positions the organization to make Elie Wiesel’s teachings relevant and actionable in today’s challenging world.

“We are thrilled to welcome LizAnn to the Foundation,” said Elisha Wiesel, Chairman of the Board and son of the late Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel. “Her deep commitment to education and fighting injustice aligns perfectly with my father’s legacy. We look forward to LizAnn’s leadership as we continue to expand our reach and impact in the years ahead. In his 1986 Nobel acceptance speech, my father taught us that “action is the only remedy to indifference, the most insidious danger of all.” Eisen has held senior roles across the private, nonprofit and public sectors, where she has championed causes such as youth development, interfaith understanding, and human rights. In addition, Eisen brings a personal and professional connection to Israel, having worked closely with Israeli companies in private practice and teaching at Tel Aviv University Law School. Eisen’s ties to Israel underscore her commitment to the Jewish people, Jewish continuity, and to fostering global understanding grounded in shared values and historical memory.

Prior to joining the Foundation, Eisen was most recently an acting professor of the practice at Cornell Tech/Cornell Law School, an adjunct professor at the University of Oregon law school, and a senior partner in an early-stage investment firm. Prior to 2019, Eisen was a corporate partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in NYC, where she practiced for more than 20 years. She also served as the Deputy Director, Division of Corporation Finance at the Securities Exchange Commission.

To learn more about how the Foundation promotes tolerance, please visit: https://eliewieselfoundation.org/what-we-do/

About The Elie Wiesel Foundation:

Founded by Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel and his wife Marion, The Elie Wiesel Foundation seeks to combat indifference, intolerance and injustice through international dialogue, education and youth-centered programming. Learn more at www.eliewieselfoundation.org.

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