Opinions

Beyond words: Reflections from 2020 Lev Student Research Fellow Rachel Zaretsky

I had the opportunity to research the USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive this past summer thanks to the Beth and Arthur Lev Student Research Fellowship. I was initially introduced to the…
Monday, August 31, 2020

Women's resistance in Nanjing: Reflections from 2020 Lev Student Research Fellow Lucy Sun

From visiting family in China during summer breaks growing up, I became acutely aware of the devastation and suffering that occurred during the Japanese occupation of our hometown of Nanjing. Museums…
Monday, August 10, 2020

Women's resistance in Nanjing: Reflections from 2020 Lev Student Research Fellow Lucy Sun

From visiting family in China during summer breaks growing up, I became acutely aware of the devastation and suffering that occurred during the Japanese occupation of our hometown of Nanjing. Museums…
Monday, August 10, 2020

Stop calling it anti-Semitism. It’s Jew hatred.

Read our executive director's opinion in the Forward.
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Stop calling it anti-Semitism. It’s Jew hatred.

Read our executive director's opinion in the Forward.
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Stop calling it anti-Semitism. It’s Jew hatred.

Read our executive director's opinion in the Forward.
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

What testimonies teach us: Reflections from 2019-2020 Shapiro Scholar Peter Hayes

I much enjoyed my stay at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research in early March, just before the pandemic turned all of our lives upside down. Meeting the wonderful members of…
Wednesday, April 1, 2020

What testimonies teach us: Reflections from 2019-2020 Shapiro Scholar Peter Hayes

I much enjoyed my stay at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research in early March, just before the pandemic turned all of our lives upside down. Meeting the wonderful members of…
Wednesday, April 1, 2020

“People were dying like flies”: A reflection on COVID-19 and epidemics during the Holocaust

Only a day after the University of Southern California announced that it would conduct a three-day test to move all classes online, which soon turned into a permanent arrangement until the end of…
Wednesday, April 1, 2020

“People were dying like flies”: A reflection on COVID-19 and epidemics during the Holocaust

Only a day after the University of Southern California announced that it would conduct a three-day test to move all classes online, which soon turned into a permanent arrangement until the end of…
Wednesday, April 1, 2020