Elie Wiesel, Nobel Prize Laureate And Holocaust Survivor, Laid To Rest In New York City
By Russ Read Friends and family of Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel gathered at the Orthodox Fifth Avenue Synagogue in New York City Sunday to put the 87-year-old Nobel laureate to rest. Wiesel’s family said he died Saturday after a protracted battle with an undisclosed illness. Outside the synagogue, a large crowd gathered to pay its respects to an…