Dialogue Among the Generations

Join us for a meaningful Yom HaShoah commemoration exploring inherited testimony, intergenerational memory, and the responsibilities that emerge as stories of the Holocaust are carried forward. Dialogue Amongst the Generations highlights how these testimonies continue to shape identity, memory, and moral responsibility across generations.

The program will open with a brief archival testimony from Holocaust survivor Yetta Kane, followed by remarks from Dr. Robert J. Williams, CEO of the USC Shoah Foundation, and USC President Beong-Soo Kim. The panel will feature Yetta Kane; her granddaughter, Emily Kane Miller; USC students Jordan Washington and Jaxon Blum; and will be moderated by Jenna Leventhal, Sr. Director of Administration, the USC Shoah Foundation.

We will be exploring:

• What it means to bear witness across generations
• How Holocaust testimony is shared, received, interpreted, and carried forward today
• The emotional, ethical, and personal responsibilities of inheriting testimony
• How younger generations engage with survivor stories in contemporary contexts

A light reception and open house will follow, offering guests the opportunity to connect, reflect, and further engage with the work of preserving Holocaust testimony.