Hello to my fellow travelers, though for many of you the departure is still a few days away mine is today for a brief stop in Paris, France. The date of departure brings with it many emotions: excitement, anxiety, curiosity to name…
Travel offers an escape, while simultaneously pulling us back into a schedule. And while there is so much to see and learn on our historic walking tours and museum visits, it is in the unscheduled, unstructured moments that this week has offered…
Hearing my my own language, being with my family, seeing my spouse, going to work each day, going home. These are not always possible here.
If you are interested in seeing or contributing pictures from the Israel trip (like the one above of Arab children playing Saturday evening in the Muslim Quarter), we are also posting on Instagram using #CWB14. If you go to Instagram and search…
On Wednesday, we visited the Children’s Village in Karmiel, located in the Beit HaKerem Valley, between the upper and lower Galilee. (Read more here.) Established in 1978, Children’s Village provides care and support for more than 270 Jewish children from the north…
Our first visit of the day was to a vista above the Haifa harbor, above the Baha’i Hanging Gardens, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We learned a bit about the Baha’i faith and the history of Haifa. From here, we…
Our flight was delayed four and a half hours, which cut some of our program off on the first day. Yet, since the compromise was a picnic on the Mediterranean at a Roman aqueduct in Caesarea, we were all quite content. The…
With our group of more than 20 teachers, we visited a “semi-private” Haifa high school yesterday to learn about their unique teaching methods and mission. The Hebrew Reali School has a rich history in Haifa spanning the last century and is known…
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!!