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USC Shoah Foundation Launches 500th IWitness Activity with “In Lisa's Footsteps” Virtual IWalk
USC Shoah Foundation today launches its 500th IWitness activity with release of In Lisa's Footsteps, a primary level IWalk based on Mona Golabek’s acclaimed The Children of Willesden Lane books.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Dimensions in Testimony Interview with Max Eisen Added to IWitness
Holocaust survivor and USC Shoah Foundation friend Max Eisen passed away earlier this month, leaving a unique legacy forged by harrowing wartime experiences, 20 return trips to Auschwitz-Birkenau as…
Thursday, July 14, 2022
IWalk Mobile App Named Finalist for 2022 EdTech Awards
USC Shoah Foundation’s interactive IWalk mobile app has been named a finalist in the Cool Tool Mobile App Solution category in the 2022 EdTech Awards, the world's largest recognition program for…
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Junior Interns Program Concludes with Address from Jewish Survivor Dr. Elena Nightingale
The 2021-2022 William P. Lauder Junior Interns program wrapped up last month with special guest Jewish Holocaust survivor Dr. Elena Nightingale calling on participants to speak up when confronted by…
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Ruth: A Little Girl’s Big Journey Nets Atlanta Jewish Film Festival Audience Award
An animated short film that brings to life the remarkable childhood journey of media personality, author and Holocaust survivor Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer netted one of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival’s…
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
California Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument Added to IWalk App
USC Shoah Foundation has added a tour of the Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument in Montebello, California to its IWalk mobile application, making it the first Armenian Genocide site of memory to be…
Monday, May 9, 2022
New Partnership with NCFL Producing Testimony-based Educational Offerings to Support Family Literacy Skills
Modern day Kentucky and WWII-era Austria may seem worlds apart, but the far-flung locales and distant timeframes came together last month at a series of educational workshops at the Iroquois Branch…
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
Thousands of Georgia Students Participate in Willesden Lane Education Event
More than 18,000 students and 250 teachers from school districts across Georgia last week experienced famed pianist Mona Golabek's livestreamed performance adapted from her acclaimed book, The…
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Application Open for Leadership Workshop – Action and Values, presented by the William P. Lauder Junior Internship Program this Summer
USC Shoah Foundation is now accepting applications for rising 8th–12th grade students across the country to participate in its highly competitive week-long summer program, Leadership Workshop –…
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
“Once We Repel the Aggressors, We Will Get Back to Work,” USC Shoah Foundation Partner Anna Lenchovska, in Ukraine
Two weeks into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, USC Shoah Foundation is extremely concerned for its partners, survivors and friends in both countries and strongly condemns the senseless loss of life.
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Thursday, March 10, 2022