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Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith: The Role of Community in Preventing Youth Violence

As part of Facing History and Ourselves’ Community Conversation series held in partnership with The Allstate Foundation, Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith addressed audiences...

Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith: Understanding Youth Violence as a Public Health Issue

As part of Facing History and Ourselves’ Community Conversation series held in partnership with The Allstate Foundation, Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith addressed audiences...

Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith: Dueling in the U.S., Youth Violence Today, and Our Responsibility to Create Change

As part of Facing History and Ourselves’ Community Conversation series held in partnership with The Allstate Foundation, Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith addressed audiences...

Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith: How School-Based Programs Reduce Instances of Violence

As part of Facing History and Ourselves’ Community Conversation series held in partnership with The Allstate Foundation, Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith addressed audiences...

See video Life Before the War: Rita Lurie

Rita Lurie, a Holocaust survivor, recalls happy moments from childhood in Poland and how she felt when tanks entered her Polish town at the beginning of World War II. Lurie went into hiding with her family at the age of five. She is...

See video Legacies: Rita Lurie and Leslie Gilbert-Lurie

Leslie Gilbert-Lurie and her mother Rita Lurie reflect on how Rita's experiences as a child survivor of the Holocaust resonate in her adult life and the lives of her children.

Students from the Abraham Joshua Heschel Day School (...

See video Life After the War: Rita Lurie

Rita Lurie, who survived the Holocaust in Poland hiding with her family in a farmer's attic, explains what it was like to leave hiding at the end of the war, move through Displaced Persons camps in several countries over five years,...

See video Life During the War: Rita Lurie

Rita Lurie, a Holocaust survivor from Poland, describes her experiences as a small child hiding from the Nazis and Polish farmers. A Polish farmer hid her family in a cramped attic for nearly two years. Lurie is interviewed by students...

See video Remembering the Past: Sonia Weitz's History

Sonia Weitz speaks about her experiences before and during the Holocaust. She was born in Krakow, Poland, and survived the Krakow Ghetto and five camps (Plaszow, Auschwitz, Bergen Belsen, Venusberg, and Mauthausen). Of her entire...

See video Anna Deavere Smith Challenges Students to Learn the History of “The Other”

Anna Deavere Smith is an actor, playwright, and social critic. She spoke to audiences in Los Angeles, California, to discuss her play Twilight: Los Angeles, which weaves together personal testimonies—which she acts out—with...