Dancers Give Expression to the Emotions of Testimony
East Coast dance artist Rachel Linsky combines movement and testimony to create a novel form of Holocaust education.
Rachel directs and choreographs ZACHOR, an initiative that honors Holocaust survivors through dance. Her latest work in the project is Hidden, a dance film and production based on the story of Aaron Elster, a Jewish boy who from 1943 to 1945 hid from Nazi persecution in the attic of a Polish family.
USC Shoah Foundation Welcomes New Leadership
USC Shoah Foundation has moved into the next chapter of its work, with noted international expert and governmental advisor on Holocaust remembrance and antisemitism Dr. Robert Williams appointed as Andrew J. and Erna Finci Viterbi Executive Director.
Greg Hernandez is a special projects writer for USC News who focuses on diversity. He’s been a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Daily News and The Hollywood Reporter and was also writer-editor at the Los Angeles LGBT Center.
Where Technology Meets Pedagogy: New Webinars Show Teachers How to Use Testimony to Accelerate Learning
USC Shoah Foundation today launches a series of professional development webinars that provide educators with testimony-based resources that support accelerated learning practices across the curriculum.
The focus on accelerated learning comes as schools return to in-person instruction and teachers navigate the range of learning losses caused by the need for remote schooling during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Stewards of Trauma
USC Dornsife Institute for Armenian Studies
3518 Trousdale Parkway
Center for International and Public Affairs (CPA), Room 351
Los Angeles, CA 90089
United States
Join us for this in-person event at the Institute for Armenian Studies on oral history and its implications. Organized in conjunction with the USC Dornsife Institute for Armenian Studies, the day will offer two panel discussions on the evolving place and role of oral history in the field of Armenian Studies.
Rena Quint, Child Survivor, Found Herself In Her Family History
When Rena Quint was 31, a cousin from Israel came to visit her in New York. She hadn’t seen or spoken to a blood relative since she was 7 years old.
“Oh Fredzia, do you remember your sister?” her cousin asked, using her Polish name.
“No, I didn’t have sisters,” Rena told him. “I had two brothers, Dovid and Yossi.”
“Oh, you were so cute, such a little girl, with your sisters,” Rena recalled her cousin, who was older, saying.
Passing the Torch: USC Shoah Foundation Announces Board of Councilors Leadership Transition
When Lee Liberman first viewed testimonies from USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive (VHA) almost 25 years ago, she was immediately moved to action.
“We have a commitment and duty to humanity to combat hate, and we must work diligently to bring these testimonies to communities around the globe,” she said.
More than two decades later, as Lee transitions to an emeritus role after a successful term as Chair of the Institute’s Board of Councilors, she has more than delivered on her pledge.