News By Year and Month

USC Shoah Foundation and Discovery Education Empower Students to Build Empathy Through the Power of Story

The third annual Stronger Than Hate Challenge is now open and offers students the opportunity to win $10,000 in prizing. Students aged 13-18 are encouraged to submit a project demonstrating…
Thursday, January 28, 2021

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Today, on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a complex of concentration and extermination camps, we take the time to honor the millions of victims of the Holocaust by listening to those…
Wednesday, January 27, 2021

USC Shoah Foundation to Premiere Ruth: A Little Girl's Big Journey starring Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer

USC Shoah Foundation this week will launch a Teaching with Testimony Webinar for K-5 educators featuring the exclusive global premiere of Ruth: A Little Girl’s Big Journey,…
Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Holocaust Remembrance Event Brings USC Shoah Testimony to Walls of Geneva Synagogue

As part of USC Shoah Foundation’s collaborations for International Holocaust Remembrance Day, excerpts of seven Dimensions in Testimony interviews are being projected on to the facade of Beit Yaakov …
Monday, January 25, 2021

100 Days to Inspire Respect & Hope

In January 2017, USC Shoah Foundation launched 100 Days to Inspire Respect to provide teachers of civics, history, English and other subjects new thought-provoking resources for the…
Thursday, January 21, 2021

Concert Pianist Mona Golabek Brings Mother’s Story to Generation of Young Readers

Two new books published today capture the extraordinary story of Lisa Jura, an Austrian Jewish refugee who survived the Holocaust and then pursued her dream to become a concert pianist. …
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

USC Shoah Foundation’s Programmatic Response to the Invasion of the US Capitol

As a violent mob invaded the United States Capitol in an attempt to derail the electoral process, documented instances of antisemitism, anti-black racism, and other forms of hatred emerged. …
Monday, January 11, 2021

Addressing the Violence of January 6, 2021, at the US Capitol

As we watched the violence unfold at the US Capitol, accompanied by documented displays of white supremacy, antisemitic tropes and other forms of hate, we are reminded of the words of United States…
Wednesday, January 6, 2021