ELIE WIESEL GRANTED HONORARY KNIGHTHOOD

Elie Wiesel granted honorary knighthood (JPost)
Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, the author, academic and human rights campaigner, is to be presented with an honorary knighthood by the British Government next month for his services to Holocaust education in the UK. Professor Wiesel will be presented with the award by Foreign Secretary Margaret Becket at a special ceremony on November 30, at the Foreign Office in London.

Following the award, Prof. Wiesel, who is the vice chairman of the Yad Vashem Council, as well as chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, will be guest of honour at a special dinner hosted by Yad Vashem UK.

On learning of the award, Elie Wiesel said: "I am grateful for the honor and hope it will help us serve the noble and urgent cause of remembrance."

After surviving Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps, Prof. Wiesel has dedicated his life to ensuring that the memory of the Holocaust is never forgotten. He is the author of 36 educational works dealing with Judaism, the Holocaust and the fight against racism.