The Azrieli Teaching Fellowship for Excellence in Testimony-Based Pedagogy, a collaborative initiative between the USC Shoah Foundation and the Azrieli Foundation, invites two fellows annually who serve Canadian schools, colleges, or universities to conduct testimony-based research using the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive (VHA).
The Education Division of the USC Shoah Foundation invites applications for their Azrieli Teaching Fellowship for Excellence in Testimony-based Pedagogy for the 2026-2027 academic year.
The class visit was over. But some students kept coming back.
At Rye Country Day School in New York, students who visited the Common Circles Experience with their classes returned to the exhibit on their own. Some spent additional time exploring its materials. Others came back with friends and family. And some returned to continue interacting with the USC Shoah Foundation interactive biographies of Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and Jewish American liberator Alan Moskin, asking more questions and spending more time with their testimony.
From the world of Wonder, which sparked a movement to “choose kind,” comes the inspirational next chapter: White Bird. Struggling to fit in at his new school after being expelled for his treatment of Auggie Pullman, Julian (Bryce Gheisar) is visited by his grandmother (Helen Mirren) and is transformed by the compassionate and heroic story of her attempts to escape Nazi-occupied France during World War II. White Bird reminds us to be brave and choose kindness.
As Australia confronts a sharp rise in antisemitism and growing concern for Jewish students, the USC Shoah Foundation joined UNESCO, Australian education leaders, and the Sydney Jewish Museum for a series of education-focused engagements designed to help educators recognize and respond to antisemitism in the classroom.
Colleagues from the USC Shoah Foundation’s education team presented at this year’s Winter Institute, “School Leadership to End Hate and Inspire Courage,” for the California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education on March 2 in Sacramento, California. Over 145 educators, district superintendents, principals, and teachers representing more than 25 districts across California were in attendance. Keynote speakers included California Superintendent of Public Instruction, Tony Thurmond and State Senator Henry Stern, a key supporter of the Collaborative.
Levon Ghanimian, an Armenian American educator, researcher, and PhD student from Northridge, California, has long felt a personal connection to the history of the Armenian Genocide.
In February, the Armenian Genocide Martyrs Monument at Bicknell Park in Montebello, California, was officially recognized as a California State Historical landmark. In light of this recognition, join us for an on-site educational experience at the Monument for middle school and high school educators.