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  I  was really looking forward to today and it exceeded my expectations!  We left Jerusalem early and headed to Masada in the Judean desert, above the southwest corner of the Dead Sea.  The landscape is harsh and the sun is intense….

While reflecting on our first week in Israel, it has become clear that the most important thing I can do as an educator is to facilitate opportunities for students to break down their ideas of “us” and “them”.  Our conversation with Maya…

Everywhere I looked in Jerusalem there were names, names of people.  Not only streets were people named but names of people were on buildings and sites incongruous to my mind.  We aren’t talking about names of historical figures like Paris streets.  We…

We began early today planning to visit for the Dome of the Rock before it got too crowded, a particular concern because of Ramadan. We arrived as planned only to find out that the Israeli police were closing it to everyone but…

Today after touring the Old City we visited Yad Vashem which is Israel’s national Holocaust memorial. This is not just a museum but a vast complex. I just have several quick thoughts about today’s visit and a comparison to the US Holocaust…

On Monday we not only got to visit some significant historic Christian sites, but then spent some time at the Israel Museum. All of these sites provided visual and in some cases actual tactile interaction with some things that I had read…

A big thank you to Nick Giannoukakis for translating this article into English. “In Greece, In Memory of the Holocaust Led by by its director, Dr. Zipora Gur, representatives of the American educational organization Classrooms Without Borders visited Peania and held a…

Our day (Day 7 in Israel) began with a trip to Mt. of Olives, specifically the Garden of Gethsemane. This is a special site in Christianity for three reasons. First, it is believed to be the place where Jesus went to contemplate…