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May 9, 2024 PR Newswire
Living Links, the first national organization created to engage and empower third-generation (3G) descendants of Holocaust survivors, has joined forces with the USC Shoah Foundation. The new partnership will expand a Living Links program that teaches 3Gs to share their family stories in classrooms and with community groups to counter antisemitism, bigotry and hate. Keep reading
Steven Spielberg: ‘The echoes of history are unmistakable in our current climate’
March 25, 2024 By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN
Steven Spielberg had words of caution and hope on Monday while accepting an honor from the University of Southern California.
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. 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
