COVID-19 Presents Extreme Risk to Holocaust Survivor Community and World War II Veterans


The elderly population is among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the victims include a large and growing number of Holocaust survivors and World War II veterans.
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Julie Gruenbaum Fax is a content strategist and writer for the USC Shoah Foundation. She was a senior writer and editor at the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles and has co-authored six personal history books. She is currently writing a book about her grandmother’s Holocaust experience.

Educators Find Online Expertise and Content in IWitness


In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, USC Shoah Foundation education team has adapted its already robust online content and tools in IWitness to meet current educational demands for online teaching and learning.
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
Julie Gruenbaum Fax is a content strategist and writer for the USC Shoah Foundation. She was a senior writer and editor at the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles and has co-authored six personal history books. She is currently writing a book about her grandmother’s Holocaust experience.

Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses


Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 10:13 AM PDT

Please join us for a special 2-part event: a LIVE screening of the documentary Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses on Facebook, followed by an interactive ZOOM conversation. The event begins this Thursday, May 7, 2020, at 3pm PDT/6pm EDT.

A 75th Anniversary Commemoration in honor of the Allied Heroes of WWII, the screening will be followed by a conversation with Alan Moskin, one of the liberators featured in the film, and moderated by Executive Director Stephen Smith.

Facebook Live with Artist David Kassan


Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 10:13 AM PDT

The USC Fisher Museum of Art will host a Facebook Live with artist David Kassan, whose portrait work of Holocaust survivors appeared in the 2019 exhibition Facing Survival: David Kassan. In this Facebook Live event, David will talk about his work with survivors and give us a live demonstration of his process.

Set a reminder for the event in Facebook

 

Integrating Mindful Explorations into Virtual Classrooms


Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 10:13 AM PDT

Mindful Explorations, our newest testimony-based lessons, develop introspection and social-emotional capacities as they challenge students to reflect on the obstacles they may face, the goals they have for themselves and the relationships they aspire to have in their lives. This webinar will introduce participants to the suite of Mindful Explorations and present effective strategies for integrating them as part of the distance learning experience.

IWitness: A Digital Resource for Our Times


Tuesday, July 1, 2025 - 10:13 AM PDT

Join us as we explore the digital, testimony-based resources available through IWitness. These resources, designed for the 21st century virtual classroom, develop students' content knowledge, critical thinking and social-emotional aptitudes. Guided by IWitness experts and seasoned educators, K-12 teachers will explore our ready-to-use resources available for each grade level and learn best practices for meaningfully engaging their students in a digitial space with our testimony-based resources.

As a result of this no-cost webinar, educators will:

Videóinterjúk a 21. század oktatásában 2020


Videóinterjúk a 21. század oktatásában 2020
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