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Poland Personally 2014

By Ateret Cope / Monday, September 8, 2014 / 0 Comments

This summer, CWB reached out to the Wheeling, West Virginia community. The result was the participation of an additional 30 teachers and students on the Poland Seminar, together with teachers […]

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Looking Past The Evil

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, July 29, 2014 / 0 Comments

Several weeks ago at the Pittsburgh airport I rushed off the plane, ending our return trip from Poland, and stumbled bleary-eyed back into my “normal” life. I awoke the next […]

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CWB Wheeling on the Radio!

By Ateret Cope / Thursday, July 24, 2014 / 0 Comments

Earlier this week, Rabbi Beth Jacowitz Chottiner, Carrie McKenzie, Lisa Welch, and Riley Bresnahan were featured on the WKKX 1600 AM Radio show.  They were interviewed about their recent trip […]

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Reflections on the trip of a lifetime

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, July 23, 2014 / 0 Comments

When people asked me if I was looking forward to the trip to Poland, I had a hard time saying “yes.”  I told them I wanted to go and that […]

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Poland Personally Seminar Participant to speak in Wheeling, WV

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, July 22, 2014 / 0 Comments

This Friday, July 25th, at 7 PM, London Orzolek, a Wheeling Park High School student, will make a power point presentation at Temple Shalom in Wheeling, WV about her recent experience in Poland as […]

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Incredible Journey

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, July 15, 2014 / 0 Comments

I’ve been home for a week, but my heart is still in Poland. It is absolutely amazing how people can connect and create deep bonds in such a short time. […]

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Realizing, Processing, and Planning

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, July 9, 2014 / 1 Comment

It seems to be the general consensus among my fellow travelers that we all need a day or two (or maybe a week) to process the trip—everything we learned and […]

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Poland Personally 2014

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, July 9, 2014 / 0 Comments

As our group of 70+ educators, students, and adults return home from the 2014 Poland Personally Study Seminar, Classrooms Without Borders would like to thank every person and organization who […]

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Feeling Numbers

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, July 8, 2014 / 1 Comment

As with everyone else on this trip, I was not prepared for the scope of these camps at an emotional level. I had been to Dachau and Buchenwald, I had […]

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So many emotions

By Ateret Cope / Sunday, July 6, 2014 / 0 Comments

I have been trying to put my experience at Auschwitz into words for two days now and I simply can’t yet. Seeing the exhibits of the horrors and hearing about […]

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