Poland

We’re here. Now what are we?

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, July 4, 2012 / 0 Comments

When I first came on this trip, I did so not because of my religion or ethnicity, but becuse of my status as a member of mankind. Yet after a 48-hour […]

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Treblinka

By Ateret Cope / Monday, July 2, 2012 / 0 Comments

Treblinka used to be a Nazi extermination camp–to borrow Avi’s words, a factory of death. Now, nothing of the original structures remains. Instead, there exists in the place that was […]

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Landing in Warsaw

By Ateret Cope / Sunday, July 1, 2012 / 0 Comments

Every time I travel I have the odd sensation of feeling like a stranger in a strange new place–especially when I don’t know the language. There is always a lurking […]

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The Preparation Begins

By Ateret Cope / Monday, June 11, 2012 / 0 Comments

How will the students prepare for this visit to Poland? What will they read? How will they pack? What do they anticipate? Just some of the questions that I am […]

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“Classrooms Without Borders” Gives New Meaning to Jewish Education

By Ateret Cope / Thursday, September 22, 2011 / 0 Comments

“Although Classrooms Without Borders (CWB) is a new organization, it is infused with history. Founded in February of this year in association with the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh and […]

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How do YOU bear witness to the past and bring hope to the future?

By Ateret Cope / Monday, July 18, 2011 / 0 Comments

Take a few moments to share a story, describe an experience and tell how you’ll take Poland Personally back to your classroom and your students.

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2011 Poland Personally: Study Seminar to Poland Participant Bears Witness

By Ateret Cope / Monday, July 18, 2011 / 0 Comments

David Nassar, teacher from Winchester Thurston, bears witness to the Holocaust: “The seminar exceeded all of my expectations.  My understanding of the Holocaust as a whole was dramatically altered.  In […]

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6 minute overview of the 2011 Study Seminar to Poland

By Ateret Cope / Friday, July 1, 2011 / 0 Comments

Dr. Dennis Wojtek, Professor at Duquesne University, posted this 6 minute overview of the 2011 Study Seminar to Poland. 6 Minutes of the 2011 Study Seminar to Poland

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To Blog or Not To Blog…there is no question!

By Ateret Cope / Monday, June 13, 2011 / 1 Comment

Yes, there is no question about it!  We want you to blog your way through Poland! The purpose of the Classrooms Without Borders Blog is to maintain a continuous channel […]

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PREflections on What Lies Ahead

By Ateret Cope / Monday, June 13, 2011 / 0 Comments

Soon you will be immersed in a different culture in a different land. Yet, who you are is a product of your own culture and your own land. As you […]

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