The Oscar-winning director spoke at an event where he was recognized for his work with the USC Shoah Foundation, an organization he founded in 1994 to record and preserve interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust.

As virulent antisemitism roils the nation’s college campuses in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, USC is making a rare gesture to recognize the crippling effect of anti-Jewish hatred on society and the human spirit.

Leading the USC Shoah Foundation Board delegation to Israel were the organization's executive director Dr. Robert J. Williams, a Holocaust historian, and board chairman Joel Citron.

Thirty years after sweeping the Oscars, Steven Spielberg, Liam Neeson, Martin Scorsese and others reveal the untold story behind one of the most revered films of all time, including George Lucas' secret behind-the-scenes role, how Mel Gibson was put forward to play Schindler and more.

Rockets at dawn, gunfire outside, hours of anxiety: a survivor of the October 7 attack shared his account of the day Gaza militants stormed his southern Israeli community, speaking into a video camera.

Voci, ricordi, racconti degli scampati al sanguinoso pogrom del 7 ottobre scorso in Israele: storie di fughe e nascondigli, di lutti e angoscia raccolte in un grande archivio audiovisivo. (Voices, memories, stories of the survivors of the bloody pogrom of last October 7 in Israel: stories of escapes and hiding places, of mourning and anguish collected in a large audiovisual archive.)