USC Special Panel Discusses Challenges to Holocaust Memory Amidst Rising Antisemitism
More than 300 people turned out Wednesday for a public convening at which a high-level panel discussed threats to Holocaust memory caused by growing antisemitism and revisionist campaigns that deny and distort details of the Shoah.
In this video series following the release of the White House’s National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, Dr. Robert J. Williams, our Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Chair, reflects on how the battle against antisemitism is a fight for democratic values.
USC Shoah Foundation Launches Lecture Series on Understanding and Responding to Antisemitism
With anti-Jewish violence and rhetoric on the rise around the world, the USC Shoah Foundation this fall launches a new Antisemitism Lecture Series where leading scholars will guide audiences through the latest research on this persistent and shapeshifting bigotry.
Nimrod “Zigi” Ariav, 96, Took Up Arms Against the Nazis
The USC Shoah Foundation mourns the August 3, 2023 passing of Nimrod “Zigi” Ariav, a Holocaust survivor who fought in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and Israel’s War of Independence before becoming a leader in the Israeli aeronautics industry. He was a longtime supporter of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. He was 96.
Resisters: How Ordinary Jews Fought Persecution in Hitler's Germany
A public lecture organized by Holocaust Museum LA
Join author Wolf Gruner as he discusses his new book, a highly original and compelling account of individual Jews who resisted Nazi persecution, challenging the traditional portrayal of Jewish passivity during the Holocaust.
Ordinary Jews - Un-ordinary Resistance
An online event organized by Western Galilee College Holocaust Studies Program
Featuring:
Opening Remarks
Dr. Verena Buser (Western Galilee College)
Opening Lecture
Special Convening
Join leading experts, prominent scholars, and international diplomats to examine how existing legal mechanisms, international policies, and cooperation can be strengthened and expanded to meet the fundamental challenges of our time.
Following the devastation of the Holocaust and World War II, global leaders united to establish an ambitious new framework that prioritized human rights and the rule of law, and aimed to prevent systemic antisemitism and unchecked aggression.