Winchester Thurston middle school students and teacher Adam Brownold recently collected shoes for the kids of the Children’s Village in Karmiel, Israel. Teachers traveling on our upcoming study seminar to Israel will present these shoes…
This Article was circulated in the latest edition of The Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh’s newsletter ‘The Insider.’ Classrooms Without Borders is a program of the Holocaust Center of the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. The three-year-old Pittsburgh nonprofit offers travel-based programs…
One week until we leave, getting ready, making lists and checking them twice!!
Check out this blog from one of our partner schools–The Columbus School for Girls in Columbus, Ohio. These adventurers just returned from a service trip to the Children’s Village in Karmiel, Israel, where they lived with host families working with at-risk youth….
Tuesday and Wednesday March 25th and 26th, 2014 Tuesday was an emotionally powerful day as we finished our time in Jerusalem. We began on the Mount of Olives, which offers an amazing bird’s eye view of the whole city. We stood at the…
Trip to the High School Today we had the privilege of visiting the local school in Karmi’el and learning about the student’s classes and their lifestyle’s. We were first taken to a lesson to have a discussion with the students. When…
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 Wow, we’ve covered a lot of ground in the last thirty-six hours! We left the Village early Sunday morning with lots of mixed emotions. Everyone was excited to see the amazing sites to come, but also genuinely sad to leave….
Monday March 24, 2014 Today I woke up around 7:00 to meet the kids from the Shoham family at the bus station to say goodbye. It was a pleasant surprise as none of them were expecting me after our emotional goodbye yesterday….
March 22, 2014 The last two days have been relatively quiet ones, sticking close to the Village and enjoying all of our new friendships. We attended a lively community Purim parade in Karmi’el, had Shabbat dinner with our michpatons, and took a…
Thursday March 20, 2014 Today we spent the morning in Nazareth. It was not what anyone expected – “Nazareth” does not conjure up images of congested traffic, billboards, and Gucci watch shops. Nestled in the middle of 21st century chaos, however, the…