<\/a>\u201cCelebrate life.\u201d The message resounded loud and clear from one of humankind\u2019s guardians of ethics on all levels, Elie Wiesel, as he stood to receive an honorary doctorate from the Technion in 2005.<\/p>\nAttracted to the Technion and its pioneering work in life science and technology, Wiesel was a close friend of fellow Nobel Laureate Technion Distinguished Professor Aaron Ciechanover.<\/p>\n
Wiesel delivered several lectures to Technion students calling for an awakening of human sensitivity towards the challenges ahead. \u201cThere is no escape from learning. Study, study and study!\u201d he said. Speaking of himself as a writer, he said: \u201cThe weight of a book is the weight of its silence, not the weight of its words. What separates one word from the other is to me a mystery as great as what separates one molecule from the other in science, or what separates one planet from the other\u201d.<\/p>\n
Asked what makes the Technion different from other academic institutes, his response was clear: \u201cAt the Technion it is different. Technion has a moral dimension, which you don\u2019t find everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n
On June 8, 2005 Prof. Elie Wiesel delivered the lecture “Why I Write” at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology at the closing of the annual Board of Governors meeting. Wiesel was introduced by Prof. Aaron Ciechanover, Technion Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. You can watch it below.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/center>