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USC Shoah Foundation Names Mollie Bowman Managing Director of Living Links
August 8, 2024, sfi.usc.edu
Organization for Grandchildren of Holocaust Survivors Brings on First Executive Staff
The USC Shoah Foundation and Living Links have named Mollie Bowman Managing Director of Living Links, the first national organization created to engage and empower third-generation (3G) descendants of Holocaust survivors.
An estimated 1 million grandchildren of Holocaust survivors live in the United States. Keep reading
A Decade Ago, 300 Survivors Marked their Liberation at Auschwitz. This year, 50 Will Go
January 23, 2025, timesofisrael.com
For Holocaust memory activist Lea Ganor, traveling from Israel to Poland for the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz-Birkenau’s liberation is a sacred mission.
“I feel this is our mission in life to be there, as Israelis, as the children of survivors. I think our presence there means a lot, especially in the times we are in with antisemitism around the world and the complicated situation Israel is in,” Ganor told The Times of Israel. Keep Reading
To Fight Antisemitism, Improve Holocaust Education
June 7, 2024 By Deborah M Lauter, Philanthropy.com
Broad philanthropic support for combating antisemitism — and protecting democracy — must include greater investment in teaching about the Holocaust.
Leaders in the United States and other countries are grappling with an unprecedented surge of antisemitism and searching for how best to respond. Yet one of the most effective ways to combat antisemitism receives relatively little attention or resources: Holocaust education. Keep reading
