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Shoah Foundation widens its mandate to collect testimonies about contemporary antisemitism, too

JL;DR SUMMARY The USC Shoah Foundation, originally established by Steven Spielberg to collect Holocaust survivor testimonies, is expanding its focus to gather stories about antisemitism experienced globally since World War II. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustAjcSteven SpielbergUsc Shoah FoundationTestimoniesJewish ExperiencesGlobal AntisemitismAmia BombingContemporary Antisemitism

Places mentioned

Buenos Aires, Argentina
"One testimony that will be included in the new collection is that of Daniel Pomerantz, a survivor of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and has been attributed to the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah."
Paris, Île-de-France, France
"Another testimony will come from Antoine Haguenauer, who was attacked in Paris in February while attending a memorial for the Bibas family, who were killed in Hamas captivity."
Israel
"In the immediate aftermath of Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, the foundation said it would take testimony from survivors."
United States
"Last week, the ADL released a report that found that antisemitic incidents in the United States had set a new record for the fourth year in a row."

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