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We Share the Same Sky weaves together the stories of these two young women--Hana as a refugee who remains one step ahead of the Nazis at every turn, and Rachael, whose insatiable curiosity to touch the past guides her into the lives of countless strangers, bringing her love and tragic loss. Throughout the course of her twenties, Hana's history becomes a guidebook for Rachael in how to live a life empowered by grief.
/ Monday, August 9, 2021
In partnership with Aspen Film, the event series opens with a screening and special panel discussion of the award-winning feature film My Name Is Sara. The film is based on the true story of 13-year-old Sara Góralnik, who, after escaping a Jewish Ghetto in Poland and losing her family at the outset of the Holocaust, hides in plain sight, passing as an Orthodox Christian, and ultimately survives against all odds.
/ Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Recently released by Focus Features, Final Account, the documentary from Participant Media, shares never-before-seen interviews with the last living generation of people to have participated in Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. Filmed over a 10-year period, the timely documentary raises questions about authority, conformity, complicity, perpetration, national identity, and responsibility, as men and women—ranging from former SS members to civilians—reckon with their memories, perceptions, and personal appraisals of their role in the Holocaust.
/ Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Twenty years after the deadliest terrorist attack ever committed on U.S. soil, have we gained enough perspective to evaluate the impact of 9/11 on our society and heal the wounds of its aftermath? USC Shoah Foundation Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Stephen Smith joins leaders from New Ground, a Muslim-Jewish partnership for change; 30 Years After, an Iranian-American Jewish organization; and the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles for a discussion about the legacy of the September 11 attacks.
/ Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Produced by USC Shoah Foundation, the award-winning Two Sides of Survival brings together stories from the East and West, chronicling how Jews who fled the Nazis in Europe, and Chinese who were threatened by Japanese occupation, improbably found refuge close to one another in the 1930’s and during World War II.
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/ Wednesday, September 1, 2021
We will explore the history behind the exhibits, discuss the nature of memory and memorials, and discover how the world remembers the Shoah and honors the lives we lost. We will also explore how that memory is interconnected to genocides, both past and present.
/ Tuesday, September 14, 2021
USC Shoah Foundation is committed to preserving Holocaust testimony and making those testimonies accessible, but in our current climate, deepfake tactics that manipulate videos and photos threaten to delegitimize real testimonies.
/ Wednesday, September 15, 2021
Join Dr. Ruth Westheimer in conversation with Rabbi Peter J. Rubinstein after a screening of her animated short film "Ruth: A Little Girl's Big Journey," told in her own voice as she recounts how she survived the Holocaust as a young girl.
/ Wednesday, September 29, 2021
In this special 30-minute webinar, USC Shoah Foundation staff will introduce the newest features of the redesigned IWitness! Learn to navigate the new platform and become acquainted with the new digital tools available to you.
education, iwitness, webinar / Thursday, September 30, 2021
Finci-Viterbi Executive Director Stephen Smith leads one of seven panels in this unprecedented, public, international gathering of cultural leaders, scholars, and experts who will offer cutting-edge analysis and strategies; identify a landscape of possible initiatives and actions; and galvanize the community.
/ Wednesday, October 13, 2021
Dr. Kori Street, Deputy Executive Director of USC Shoah Foundation, talks with psychiatrist Dr. Robert Krell about how the Holocaust has impacted multiple generations of families and the importance of capturing testimonies from remaining survivors.
/ Thursday, October 14, 2021
The 30-minute webinar will provide educators with a brief overview of the testimony-based resources associated with Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a well-known media personality, author and Holocaust survivor.
/ Friday, October 15, 2021
Students and their teachers are invited to join this special Echoes & Reflections webinar, presented by Sheryl Ochayon of Yad Vashem, to explore these issues.
education / Tuesday, October 26, 2021
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, in partnership with USC Shoah Foundation, proudly presents The Children of Willesden Lane, the critically acclaimed one-woman theatrical performance by concert pianist Mona Golabek.
education / Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Join thousands of K-12 grade students across Cleveland for this special Willesden READS Program in partnership with Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Diocese of Cleveland and the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.
education / Wednesday, October 27, 2021
This special event will welcome concert pianist and author of The Children of Willesden Lane books, Mona Golabek, as she tells the story of how her mother, a child survivor of the Holocaust, gained strength from music to survive and thrive.
education, iwitness, webinar / Tuesday, November 2, 2021
International March of the Living and Rutgers University Miller Center for Community Protection and Resilience will host “Let There be Light,” an internationally broadcast event commemorating Kristallnacht. The event, featuring testimony from USC Shoah Foundation's Visual History Archive, honors the moral heroism and valor of those who resisted evil during the Holocaust and at other times of mortal peril to humanity.
/ Thursday, November 4, 2021
Join USC Shoah Foundation’s Dr.
/ Thursday, November 11, 2021
Join Ashley K. Fernandes, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Associate Director of the Center for Bioethics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine for a webinar commemorating the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Doctors Trial at Nuremberg, where physicians were placed on trial for their active participation in the labeling, persecution, and eventual mass murder of those deemed “lives unworthy of living.”
/ Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Join the Montreal Holocaust Museum, USC Shoah Foundation, and Paragraphe Bookstore for a special event with author Rachael Cerrotti about her latest book “We Share the Same Sky” based on her award-winning podcast.
/ Monday, November 29, 2021
The online discussion will bring together experts to consider the issue of medical ethics during, and in response to, the Holocaust. Panelists will discuss educational initiatives that draw on the history of the Holocaust to develop ethical leadership in a contemporary context.
/ Tuesday, November 30, 2021
This new Virtual Field Trip gives students perspective on compassion and understanding otherness when interacting with those who are different from them. Students will learn how refugees adjust to their new homes and cultures and celebrate the courage people can have in times of great change.
education, Teaching with Testimony / Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Join UNESCO and USC Shoah Foundation for a virtual panel discussion on the topic of “How to counter antisemitism: the role of educators and education.”
education / Wednesday, December 8, 2021
Join this webinar to learn how to access these digital resources on both USC Shoah Foundation’s educational website IWitness and the Azrieli Foundation’s Holocaust Survivor Memoirs Program website.
education, iwitness, webinar / Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Join the Maimonides Institute for Medicine, Ethics and the Holocaust and the USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education as we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day with the official launch of the Project on Bioethics and the Holocaust: Using Testimony in Medical and Health Professions Education.
jan27 / Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Join us on January 18 as we take a deep dive into USC ShoahFoundation’s Visual History Archive, which is home to nearly 55,000 testimonies from survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust.
/ Monday, January 10, 2022
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, award-winning storyteller and photographer Rachael Cerrotti joins live via Zoom from her home in Maine to share her grandmother’s story using photographs, video, testimony, and clips from her critically-acclaimed podcast We Share the Same Sky.
jan27 / Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Join Temple Israel of Hollywood, USC Shoah Foundation, and Chevalier Books for a special event with artist-in-residence and author Rachael Cerrotti about her critically-acclaimed memoir “We Share the Same Sky” based on her award-winning podcast.
/ Wednesday, January 19, 2022
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we recognize lessons from the Holocaust—lessons that remind us of the destruction that can ensue when hate and intolerance go unchallenged, and that emphasize the importance of countering antisemitism and other forms of hate, starting from a young age.
Join this webinar to hear an expert panel discussion on how to help young learners discover their power to create social change by countering narratives of hate and intolerance.
jan27 / Tuesday, January 25, 2022
A public lecture by Prof. Lorena Sekwan Fontaine (University of Winnipeg/currently San Diego State University)
(Join us in person for this lecture or attend virtually on Zoom)
Organized by USC Dornsife Center for Advanced Genocide Research
cagr / Thursday, January 27, 2022