Elisha Wiesel Reflects on Immigrant Ban and Father’s Legacy
- Says Elie Wiesel would be ‘disappointed’ by direction of U.S.
- Recalls his father tearing up at JFK airport ‘welcome home’
Chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee Egil Aarvik, from right, with Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, his son Elisha, and wife Marion, after Wiesel received the award, Dec. 10, 1986.
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Elisha Wiesel, chief information officer at Goldman Sachs, said one or two employees have approached him so far about what President Trump’s immigration order might mean for them.
Wiesel, the 44-year-old son of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, understands their concern. He spoke in an interview Sunday at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, where he was attending a reading of “Night,” his father’s account of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps. Across the street in Battery Park, thousands of people had gathered to protest Trump’s order.