Italy

Day 4: What Bologna Asks Us? by Kate Lukaszewicz

By Ellen Resnek / Tuesday, July 19, 2022 / Comments Off on Day 4: What Bologna Asks Us? by Kate Lukaszewicz

Quando comincia la storia? “When does history begin?,” asks the Jewish Museum of Bologna.

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Discovering Italy: July 15th by Melody Meadows 

By Ellen Resnek / Saturday, July 16, 2022 / Comments Off on Discovering Italy: July 15th by Melody Meadows 

In “Ulysses” Alfred, Lord Tennyson said, “I am a part of all that I have met.” Every experience we have a humans shapes us and makes us who we are.

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Venice by Avi Ben Hur

By Ellen Resnek / Friday, July 15, 2022 / Comments Off on Venice by Avi Ben Hur

My senses were overloaded by so much wealth and power that was concentrated for centuries in the hands of a small city-state on the northern edge of the Adriatic sea.

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Discovering Italy: Crossroads of Culture, Heritage and History Italy Day 2: Padua and Ferrara

By Ellen Resnek / Friday, July 15, 2022 / Comments Off on Discovering Italy: Crossroads of Culture, Heritage and History Italy Day 2: Padua and Ferrara

Padua is a very ancient city with roots that reach far back into antiquity.  It is home to a famous university that at one point was the only one to accept Jewish students.

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Discovering Italy: Crossroads of Culture, Heritage and History: Venice July 12th by Meg Frank

By Ellen Resnek / Thursday, July 14, 2022 / Comments Off on Discovering Italy: Crossroads of Culture, Heritage and History: Venice July 12th by Meg Frank

We learned that at the time the synagogues were built in the 16th century, Jews were not permitted to be architects so they were designed by Christians.

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Discovering Italy

2022 Discovering Italy Seminar Meetings

By Mihal Ehven / Sunday, March 20, 2022 / Comments Off on 2022 Discovering Italy Seminar Meetings

Pre-travel meetings for 2022 Discovering Italy Seminar Workshops/Meetings. This program is only for educators and individuals traveling with CWB to Italy in 2022.  Until then…visit the Discover Italy Seminar webpage […]

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Discovering Italy

2022 Discovering Italy Seminar Meetings

By Mihal Ehven / Sunday, March 20, 2022 / Comments Off on 2022 Discovering Italy Seminar Meetings

Pre-travel meetings for 2022 Discovering Italy Seminar Workshops/Meetings. This program is only for educators and individuals traveling with CWB to Italy in 2022.  Until then…visit the Discover Italy Seminar webpage […]

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Discovering Italy

2022 Discovering Italy Seminar Meetings

By Mihal Ehven / Sunday, March 20, 2022 / Comments Off on 2022 Discovering Italy Seminar Meetings

Pre-travel meetings for 2022 Discovering Italy Seminar Workshops/Meetings. This program is only for educators and individuals traveling with CWB to Italy in 2022.  Until then…visit the Discover Italy Seminar webpage […]

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All My Mothers

“All My Mothers” – The Story of Yehudith Kleinman

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, February 1, 2022 / Comments Off on “All My Mothers” – The Story of Yehudith Kleinman

Yehudith Kleinman was born in Venice in 1939; her mother and grandmother moved to Milan shortly thereafter. In January 1944, she was taken to a convent for safety, where she […]

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2022 Discovering Italy: Crossroads of Culture, Heritage and History

By Ansible Ehven / Monday, January 17, 2022 / Comments Off on 2022 Discovering Italy: Crossroads of Culture, Heritage and History
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