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Sharing

By Ateret Cope / Friday, July 18, 2014 / 0 Comments

After meeting with our Wheeling group, I feel energized. It was great to see friends and reconnect to share ideas and plan for the future. There were wonderful ideas, and […]

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Incredible Journey

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, July 15, 2014 / 0 Comments

I’ve been home for a week, but my heart is still in Poland. It is absolutely amazing how people can connect and create deep bonds in such a short time. […]

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Realizing, Processing, and Planning

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, July 9, 2014 / 1 Comment

It seems to be the general consensus among my fellow travelers that we all need a day or two (or maybe a week) to process the trip—everything we learned and […]

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Poland Personally 2014

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, July 9, 2014 / 0 Comments

As our group of 70+ educators, students, and adults return home from the 2014 Poland Personally Study Seminar, Classrooms Without Borders would like to thank every person and organization who […]

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Feeling Numbers

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, July 8, 2014 / 1 Comment

As with everyone else on this trip, I was not prepared for the scope of these camps at an emotional level. I had been to Dachau and Buchenwald, I had […]

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So many emotions

By Ateret Cope / Sunday, July 6, 2014 / 0 Comments

I have been trying to put my experience at Auschwitz into words for two days now and I simply can’t yet. Seeing the exhibits of the horrors and hearing about […]

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Thoughts from July 6, 2014

By Ateret Cope / Sunday, July 6, 2014 / 0 Comments

It is 11:40 in Cracow and even though our wake up call is at 3AM, I find I am not the only one awake in our lobby using the wifi […]

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A Fragile Peace

By Ateret Cope / Sunday, July 6, 2014 / 0 Comments

With great sadness , I learned that the three kidnapped teenagers from the Yeshiva school were found dead yesterday. It was evident that their disappearance weighed heavily on the hearts […]

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Picture and summary by Josh Andy

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, July 5, 2014 / 0 Comments

This photo and caption speaks volumes about the power of traveling with a survivor. During our visit to Auschwitz and Birkenau yesterday, the students and teachers heard Howard’s testimony about […]

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Journey Through Sadness

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, July 5, 2014 / 1 Comment

Following a one hour bus ride from Krakow through modern architecture and lush Polish countryside we arrived at Auschwitz I.  Walking through the iron gates that lied, “Work Will Set […]

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