Along with writing , he was a professor of the humanities at Boston University , which created the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies in his honor . He was involved with Jewish causes and helped establish the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington , D. C . In his political activities , he also campaigned for victims of oppression in places like South Africa , Nicaragua , Kosovo , and Sudan . He publicly condemned the 1915 Armenian Genocide , and remained a strong defender of human rights during his lifetime . He was described as " the most important Jew in America " by the '' Los Angeles Times ''
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Elie Wiesel