Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and author of Night, among other works, will be in Utah delivering the Tanner Lecture on Human Values at Snow College in Ephraim tonight, May 22 at 7:00 p.m.

Snow College’s webpage notes that

This opportunity for Snow College and Utahns is due to the friendship President Benson [President of Snow College] forged with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach at Oxford University in the early nineties. Benson, whose grandfather, Ezra Taft Benson, was then president and prophet of the worldwide Mormon Church, was completing doctoral studies while Boteach was the Rabbi at Oxford. Rabbi Boteach ran one of Oxford’s largest student organizations hosting world leaders lecturing on values-based issues. Benson was a member and officer of the organization.

This will be a wonderful experience for anyone who can attend.  It is free of charge.  Wiesel has written and spoken often and seriously about his experiences during the Holocaust and as a survivor.  The students of Snow College are fortunate to have such an educational guest speaker.

Last week, on May 18, in advance of this event, Doug Fabrizio hosted Elie Wiesel on Radio West for a fascinating interview.  The broadcast/podcast of the Wiesel interview is available through a link on the Radio West website.