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In an interview with DW, Robert Williams also urged against the misuse of the term "genocide" and called for a broader discussion on what constitutes antisemitism.
"I hope the Jewish diaspora realizes," says [USC Shoah Foundation executive director Dr. Robert] Williams, "that there are allies at this moment and there is always an opportunity to turn the tide."
Steven Spielberg was at USC to honor Holocaust survivors.
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.
As virulent antisemitism roils the nation’s college campuses in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war, USC is making a rare gesture to recognize the crippling effect of anti-Jewish hatred on society and the human spirit.
Leading the USC Shoah Foundation Board delegation to Israel were the organization's executive director Dr. Robert J. Williams, a Holocaust historian, and board chairman Joel Citron.