Ordinary Jews - Un-ordinary Resistance

Saturday, July 12, 2025 - 10:44 PM PDT

An online event organized by Western Galilee College Holocaust Studies Program

Featuring:

Opening Remarks

Dr. Verena Buser (Western Galilee College)

Opening Lecture

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Special Convening

Saturday, July 12, 2025 - 10:44 PM PDT

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.

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Antisemitism Hurts All

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Holocaust Consciousness and Cold War Violence in Latin America

Saturday, July 12, 2025 - 10:44 PM PDT

In her presentation Estelle Tarica will discuss her recent book about how Holocaust memory and history circulate in Latin America and shape the ways Jews and non-Jews understand the state violence they experienced during the Cold War period.

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Why We Argue about Antisemitism Today

Saturday, July 12, 2025 - 10:44 PM PDT

Join us for the inaugural lecture in the USC Shoah Foundation’s Antisemitism Lecture Series by Dr. Dov Waxman, who will present on why we argue about antisemitism today.

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Call for Applications: USC Shoah Foundation Non-residential Scholar Program

Wed, 08/02/2023

USC Shoah Foundation – The Institute for Visual History and Education is pleased to invite applications from scholars of all levels for its Non-residential Scholar Program. The Program is intended to enable full access to the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive (VHA) to support scholarly research with survivor testimonies housed in the archive.

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Ghetto Fighters’ Museum, USC Shoah Foundation Bring Lessons of Courageous Danish Rescue Operation to Classrooms

Tue, 08/01/2023

By: Julie Gruenbaum Fax

Middle and high school students around the world are exploring the themes of resistance, solidarity and resilience using an innovative new film-based curriculum produced by the USC Shoah Foundation and The Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum in Israel, one of the first Holocaust museums in the world.

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.

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