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What’s Next? (Kathy) – Poland Personally 2017

By Ateret Cope / Sunday, July 2, 2017 / 0 Comments

By: Kathy Larsen Galecki  Where do we go from here? As this incredible week culminates, we carry with us a deeper understanding of the Holocaust and its horrific realities. We […]

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Wieliczka Salt Mines (Jeff) – Poland Personally 2017

By Ateret Cope / Sunday, July 2, 2017 / 0 Comments

By: Jeff Biros On Sunday we went to see the Wieliczka Salt Mines. In relationship to the depth and heaviness of what we have studied so far, the salt mines […]

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Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków (Adam) – Poland Personally 2017

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, July 1, 2017 / 0 Comments

By: Adam Janosko “It was after we started with Gatsby toward the house that the gardener saw Wilson’s body a little way off in the grass, and the holocaust was […]

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Thoughts from a Conversation (Lauren) – Poland Personally 2017

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, July 1, 2017 / 0 Comments

By: Lauren Zabelsky The idea behind the Jewish Culture Festival, the JCC in Krakow and listening to the people that work there is essentially to resonate with us as visitors that Jewish […]

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Auschwitz (Meredith) – Poland Personally 2017 Students

By Ateret Cope / Friday, June 30, 2017 / 0 Comments

By: Meredith Warden While learning about the Holocaust in many of the history classes I’ve taken over the years, I understood that millions of people were murdered. However, for me, […]

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Auschwitz (Ben) – Poland Personally 2017 Students

By Ateret Cope / Friday, June 30, 2017 / 0 Comments

By: Ben Brandeis Faces stare. The eyes follow. They look into your soul with bleak faces and lost hope. These are the faces of the dead which line the corridors […]

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Auschwitz (Kate) – Poland Personally 2017 Students

By Ateret Cope / Friday, June 30, 2017 / 0 Comments

By: Kate Chaillet “It’s not six plus zero plus zero, it’s one plus one plus one.” This simple and admittedly obvious statement, spoken by our tour guide at Auschwitz, profoundly hit […]

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Dear Mr. Lite – Poland Personally 2017

By Ateret Cope / Friday, June 30, 2017 / 0 Comments

Dear Mr Lite, You probably don’t remember me but I remember you. Going to your store on Sundays was a treat for me. Your store was always our last stop […]

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Auschwitz (Tom) – Poland Personally 2017

By Ateret Cope / Friday, June 30, 2017 / 0 Comments

By: Thomas Ralston The trip to Auschwitz on Friday was truly transforming.  I was amazed by the enormity of the space.  As our group traveled through the entrance and into […]

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Auschwitz (Pamala) – Poland Personally 2017

By Ateret Cope / Friday, June 30, 2017 / 0 Comments

By: Pamala Learn There are so many moments that stick in my mind from this trip. Moments that have lodged themselves in my psyche. Moments that have changed me. There […]

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