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Children’s Village Teen Service Trip – Jerilyn Scott

Wednesday March 19, 2014 It’s been a very eventful couple of days!  Yesterday we spent the morning in Haifa, a beautiful coastal city on a hill that is home to two of the top universities in Israel. We saw the Baha’i Gardens…

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Children’s Village Teen Serivice Trip – Jerilyn Scott

Our time in Karmi’el is officially launched. We arrived at 7:30 this morning (local time) after an overnight flight. Our first challenge was jamming our 22 giant bags into a minibus that had no designated baggage space – an exercise in patience…

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Children’s Village Teen Service Trip – Emily Amato

Children’s Village Teen Service Trip – Day 2 By: Emily Amato On our first full day in Karmiel, Israel, we started out the day at 9AM by traveling to the city of Haifa. Our first stop there was the Baha’i Gardens which…

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Children’s Village Teen Serivice Trip – Rachel Becker

Children’s Village Teen Service Trip – Day 1 By: Rachel Becker We arrived earlier than expected this morning around 7:30 and made it through customs with no troubles. Fortunately, all twenty-three bags made it to our Tel Aviv destination and as we…

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CWB PLANS LARGEST-EVER POLAND STUDY SEMINAR

For the first time on a Poland Personally Study Seminar, CWB will need two buses: A record number, 80 people, will join the trip led by Dr. Tsipy Gur, two Holocaust survivors, and other CWB scholars June 29-July 7. This year’s trip…

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INSIDE ISRAEL STUDY SEMINAR SUPPORTS EXPANDED GROUP OF TEACHERS

For the first time, Inside Israel – CWB’s Israel Study Seminar – will include not only teachers from the Pittsburgh region, but also educators from Wheeling, West Virginia, a new CWB community. Teachers participating in this year’s seminar are from the Pittsburgh…

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CWB BRINGS SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF PRIME STAGE THEATRE SHOW

CWB participants have the chance to see Prime Stage Theatre’s premiere performance of The Devil’s Arithmetic, based on the book by Jane Yolen and adapted for the stage by Barry Kornhauser. A choice of two performance dates is available to the CWB…

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CWB DEBUTS FILM AT PITTSBURGH JEWISH ISRAELI FILM FESTIVAL

CWB will premiere Farewell, Herr Schwarz, a must-see film, in Pittsburgh on March 30-31 as part of JFilm: The Pittsburgh Jewish Film Forum’s Pittsburgh Jewish Israeli Film Festival. Winner of the Haifa International Film Festival’s Best Documentary Award, Farewell, Herr Schwarz is…

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INTERNATIONAL TEEN SERVICE TRIP TO THE CHILDREN’S VILLAGE, KARMIEL, ISRAEL

A core CWB program is the annual International Teen Service Trip to the Children’s Village, in Karmiel, Israel. This year’s trip will take place March 16-27. Six students from The Ellis School and Sewickley Academy, as well as an educator from Sewickley…

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FIRST ALL-CWB TEACHER REUNION

CWB scholar Avi Ben-Hur will take part in the CWB Educator Reunion Tuesday, March 11, at Community Day School, 6424 Forward Ave., in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood. The free event, 5 to 6:30 p.m., will bring together all the teachers from public,…

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CWB SCHOLAR AVI BEN-HUR RETURNS

CWB Director of Education Avi Ben-Hur returns in March to offer Pittsburgh and the new CWB community of Wheeling, West Virginia, a chance to gain a deeper understanding of the countries, histories, and cultures that CWB programming encompasses. Sunday, March 9, 2…

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CWB CONTINUES UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP WITH GERMANY CLOSE UP

Last year, young Jewish professionals discovered modern Germany by traveling with Classrooms Without Borders (CWB) on the very successful inaugural program, Germany Close Up. In 2014, CWB again invites young Jewish professionals to see modern Germany and how it has been dealing…

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