[9 a.m. — 1 p.m.] It’s only the second day here at the Village and it’s been truly amazing! This morning we went to visit the local high school, Pisgot. We first took a quick tour, and then we got to speak…
Flights are really smooth and shorter than we thought. We had a little trouble at the airport with our baggage, but it eventually got cleared. Israel felt right on first impression. The sunny weather and cool breeze made a warm welcome for…
The morning event at Avonworth Middle School unfolded on this cool Wednesday near winter break as a series of images. Paperbacks — The Children of Willesden Lane, The Book Thief, The Diary of Anne Frank — mounted on colored strips of wood….
This year marked our inaugural study-seminar through Spain – and we couldn’t be more excited about it! Approximately 25 teachers – some from public schools, some from private or Catholic schools – took part in the 10-day seminar. And they came from…
They all had seen the photographs of gas chambers and the piles of dead children’s shoes. But, it wasn’t until they went to Poland that they saw them as humans do. In the words of one participant, “I knew they existed but,…
VAMPY was an incredible experience that has inspired my thinking, fueled my curiosity, and “gifted” me with friendships that will last a lifetime. It has offered me a life changing world of friendship and learning. Earlier in the school year, Zane, my…
Please join us at Classrooms Without Borders in welcoming on-board Jamie Campbell, who will serve as the new program administrator for our Wheeling, West Virginia chapter. Campbell, a social studies teacher and department chair at Wheeling Central Catholic High School, first became introduced to…
Nineteen young Jewish leaders from across the U.S. recently embarked on a 10-day Germany Close Up (GCU) trip in cooperation with Classrooms Without Borders (CWB), in association with the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. Although visits to Berlin, Potsdam, Nuremberg, and Munich…
As soon as I stepped into the living room of my mishpachton, Eleanor ran up to me screaming, “Are you the Pittsburgheet?” with a huge grin across her face. At first, I was bewildered, but as soon as she took me by…
Salt Mine, Plaszow, and Closing Today we went to the salt mine outside Kraków. It was amazing to see the sculptures and to consider how much and how hard people worked for salt over the centuries. It was another opportunity for…
Tour of Kraków Our first main stop today was outside Schindler’s enamelware factory. There, Jonty told us of how Oskar Schindler saved 1,100 people by putting them to work in…
Auschwitz-Birkenau Auschwitz one was powerful, but at times it didn’t feel like a former concentration camp. At times, it felt like a display. Tourist groups crowded every area that we saw, leaving not enough time to pause and contemplate what one…