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On Thursday we started the day off at the Germany Close Up office where we were given an introduction to the nonprofit organization Action Reconciliation Service for Peace (ARSP), one […]
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The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe is expansive, a large plot in the middle of Berlin (adjacent to the site of Hitler’s bunker, the American Embassy, and other […]
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By Carolyn Linder ‘Joy’, ‘wonder’, ‘belonging’ and ‘connection’ are four words that evoke this summer’s Classrooms Without Borders Israel seminar for Jewish early childhood educators. A group of 24 Jewish […]
Read MoreOur experiences today made me think about the art of being a historian, but even more importantly, it made me think about the art of being an extraordinary human. We […]
Read MoreToday we visited Majdanek Death Camp on the outskirts of Lublin, central Poland. At the entrance to the camp is a gigantic rock that is raised in the air, cutting […]
Read More“Shall We Survive” Walls and wires have become our view. Hunger and sickness to a Warsaw Jew. Beaten and trapped in a common struggle, Forced to lie, cheat and sometimes […]
Read MoreIn just three hours, we managed to go through a hell that for some lasted months or even more, or even less. We have experienced this wretched place but as […]
Read MoreOn our second day in Poland, and after a morning touring the Warsaw ghetto, we headed to Treblinka. Howard mentioned that all survivors are survivors by luck. A thousand different […]
Read MoreToday we said goodbye to Jerusalem! After being surrounded by thousands of years of history and being surrounded by Jerusalem stone for four days, we went to the Jaffa lookout. […]
Read MoreUpon waking each morning, Jews thank G-d for bringing us to this day. I offer thanks to You, living and eternal King, for You have mercifully restored my soul within […]
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