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The Value of Memory: Using Information Quest in my Classroom

Jane Yolen's novel, The Devil's Arithmetic, is the story of a Jewish teenager, Hannah, who is swept away from her family's Passover Seder back in time to 1942, where she becomes Chaya, a…
Thursday, September 17, 2015

IWitness Webinar Thurs., Sept. 17 and First-Ever IWitness Twitter Chat Sept. 23

Educators have two opportunities to learn about IWitness along with fellow teachers over the next two weeks.First, the next monthly IWitness webinar will be on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 4 p.m. PST. The…
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Ambassadors for Humanity Gala Honors Bill Ford

He’s a businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist and scion of one of America’s most prominent families.But it was Ford Motor Company Executive Director William Clay Ford Jr.’s commitment to…
Monday, September 14, 2015

USHMM Authors New IWitness Activity “Some Were Neighbors”

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) has constructed a new IWitness activity in conjunction with the museum’s Some Were Neighbors exhibit. The activity will be available on the IWitness…
Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Behind the Music: Bret Werb and Shoah Songs

This series will introduce the scholars and musicians who will participate in USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research’s international workshop Singing in the Lion’s Mouth: Music as…
Friday, September 4, 2015

Steve Carell, Halle Berry and James Taylor to Appear at Ambassadors for Humanity Gala in Detroit

On Sept. 10, 2015, Steven Spielberg will present William Clay Ford Jr., executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, with USC Shoah Foundation’s highest honor — the Ambassador for Humanity Award –– at…
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Teaching Courage

As I start a new school year in a new school teaching a new grade level, I find it slightly ironic that the first theme that my textbook series addresses is courage. As I start another school year, I…
Wednesday, September 2, 2015

H-German Historian Network Honors History Course for IWitness-Based Final Assignment

A Modern Germany history course taught by Longwood University Professor Melissa Kravetz received an honorable mention for “Interesting Assignment” from the H-German online network for its IWitness…
Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Begins With Me: An experience of a lifetime

Seeing new students starting their fall semester at USC – my recent alma mater – gives me a strange feeling. I have worked at USC Shoah Foundation during most of my career as an USC undergraduate…
Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Application Open for Junior Intern Program

The Junior Intern Program at USC Shoah Foundation is entering its second year and looking for young people who are passionate about human rights and…
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

"Past is Present" in Action: Tracy Sockalosky

This year-long series will catch up with teachers and staff who participated in the Auschwitz: The Past is Present professional development program led by USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education…
Monday, August 31, 2015

Meeting History

Looking into a mirror and making sure her hair looked just so, Yevnigue Salibian didn’t notice me as I was taking her picture. It took a few seconds, but when she finally realized I had documented…
Monday, August 31, 2015

Aspen, Colorado, Event Introduces USC Shoah Foundation to New Audience

USC Shoah Foundation hosted a special event titled The Digital Future of Holocaust Memory and Education in Aspen, Colorado, yesterday, to introduce new supporters to the work of the Institute.The…
Friday, August 28, 2015

Go Back to School with USC Shoah Foundation Educational Resources, IWitness

With the first day of school already behind many students and teachers, USC Shoah Foundation is debuting several new educational materials that can help educators teach about genocide, civil rights,…
Thursday, August 27, 2015

Teens in Ukraine Create Artwork Inspired by Testimony for “Sources of Tolerance” Summer School

For the second year in a row, testimony from the Visual History Archive is inspiring teenagers to illustrate true scenes of the violation of human rights during the Stalin totalitarian regime and…
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Liliane Weissberg, 2015 Rutman Fellow, Studies Trauma as Narrative in the Visual History Archive

When watching a testimony in the Visual History Archive, Liliane Weissberg pays close attention to the words the survivor is saying, and, just as importantly, to the silences in between those words…
Monday, August 24, 2015

Look at them! - The plight of refugees in the Republic

The President of the Republic went on record to tell the prospective immigrants “nobody invited you here!” Refugees escaping from a murderous regime are regarded as agents of that very regime…
Monday, August 24, 2015

RIPS Math Students Create New and Improved Algorithm for Searching the Visual History Archive

The four undergraduates working with USC Shoah Foundation during the summer Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS) program at UCLA presented their new method for achieving more relevant…
Friday, August 21, 2015

“Practicing Positive Education” Conference in Australia to Include Keynote and Master Class on Testimony

USC Shoah Foundation Australia Regional Consultant Sarah Warby will speak about the power of teaching with testimony at Knox Grammar School’s Practicing Positive Education conference in Sydney, Aug…
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Student From Freie Universität Berlin Meets Family She Researched in Visual History Archive

After watching testimony in the Visual History Archive, many students say they feel like they really “met” the survivors they watched. Véronique Mickisch actually did.Mickisch is a graduate student…
Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Free IWitness Webinar Thurs., August 20

Educators are invited to participate in a free IWitness webinar Thurs., Aug. 20 at 4 p.m. PST, to learn more about integrating IWitness into their curriculum.The webinar will be led by Lesly Culp,…
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

“Facing History and Ourselves” Training Includes IWitness Workshop

Teachers participating in Facing History and Ourselves’s “Holocaust and Human Behavior” seminar spent a day at USC last week learning how to use IWitness to teach about the Holocaust, genocide,…
Monday, August 17, 2015

IWitness Workshop for Detroit Students at Henry Ford Museum Inspires Determination and Courage

With the 2015 Ambassadors for Humanity Gala in Detroit just a month away, local students experienced IWitness in their own backyard, at the Henry Ford Museum.During the one-day program for middle-…
Friday, August 14, 2015

Indexing Terms for Emotions Created for JFCS Collection

From left, Crispin Brooks, Syuzanna Petrosyan, and Glenn FoxBy Josh GrossbergWhen USC Shoah Foundation began work on the Holocaust…
Thursday, August 13, 2015

USC To Host International Academic Conference and Concert on Music as a Tool of Resistance

USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, in collaboration with the USC Thornton School of Music, will be hosting…
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Drivers of Change – 2015 Youth Day

Time and again, we at USC Shoah Foundation witness how young people strive to make a difference. From middle school students to college graduates, we’ve had the pleasure to work with people inspired…
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

IWitness Activity Library Redesigned with New Layout and Features

Just in time for the new school year, the IWitness Activity Library has been completely redesigned in order to provide a…
Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Indexers Reunite to Index Last Testimony from JFCS Holocaust Collection

USC Shoah Foundation indexers Zach Albert, Debbie Kahn, Svetlana Ushakova and Nancy Saul gathered around a computer and peered at the last few minutes of the testimony of Holocaust survivor Ernest…
Monday, August 10, 2015

Testimony Helps Designate French Nun "Righteous Among the Nations"

At least four Jews owe their lives to the actions of Gabrielle Sourgens, also known as Sister Louise, who saved them during the Holocaust. Now, 70 years later, testimony from the Visual History…
Thursday, August 6, 2015

“Ours or Foreign?” Czech Project Engages 600 Teachers, Adds New Material

The Czech project Ours or Foreign? Jews in the Czech 20th Century delivered materials and training to 600 educators in the last fiscal year and added a new unit on the Terezín family camp in…
Wednesday, August 5, 2015