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Federation’s $13.6 Million Boost: Classrooms Without Borders Gains Funding for Groundbreaking Antisemitism Education Program

By Ellen Resnek / Wednesday, July 10, 2024 / Comments Off on Federation’s $13.6 Million Boost: Classrooms Without Borders Gains Funding for Groundbreaking Antisemitism Education Program

The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh recently announced an impressive $13.6 million raised toward its $14.5 million campaign goal. Among the notable allocations, Classrooms Without Borders has been awarded funding […]

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FOUNDATIONS OF RESISTANCE

By Ellen Resnek / Wednesday, July 10, 2024 / Comments Off on FOUNDATIONS OF RESISTANCE

A Curriculum to Counter Antisemitism for Grades 6-12 featuring four interactive WebQuest’s Teach students why they should and how they can resist antisemitism. LEARN MORE Foundations of Resistance utilizes the history and life lessons of the […]

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Final Thoughts by Sarah Gates

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, July 8, 2024 / Comments Off on Final Thoughts by Sarah Gates

     Throughout the course of this trip, I have seen a quote numerous times at many of the  WWII memorials and museums we have visited. George Santayana writes, “Those […]

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Final Thoughts by Tracey Lowe

By Ellen Resnek / Sunday, July 7, 2024 / Comments Off on Final Thoughts by Tracey Lowe

On our last night in Poland, I sit with gratitude in my heart. I’m grateful for the wonderfully opportunity to meet new people, explore a new country and learn about […]

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CWB Blog by Stefan Gates

By Ellen Resnek / Saturday, July 6, 2024 / Comments Off on CWB Blog by Stefan Gates

How can people be so cruel?  Holocaust survivor Howard Chandler said this to the CWB cohort on Wednesday evening.  I may be paraphrasing a bit, but that is pretty close.  He was telling […]

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Keep Learning Forever By Quincy Glidea

By Ellen Resnek / Friday, July 5, 2024 / Comments Off on Keep Learning Forever By Quincy Glidea

In reflecting on the day today, I struggle to find words to describe the things that we witnessed and the feelings that I felt. We read the following quote at […]

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A Surreal Journey to Auschwitz: Reflecting on Humanity’s Darkest Chapter by Josh Sektnan

By Sarah Grand / Friday, July 5, 2024 / Comments Off on A Surreal Journey to Auschwitz: Reflecting on Humanity’s Darkest Chapter by Josh Sektnan

Visiting Auschwitz was a surreal and profoundly moving experience. As the largest Nazi German concentration camp and, since 1942, also a mass extermination center for Jews, Auschwitz stands as a […]

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Describing the Indescribable: Reflections on Language and Historical Memory by Cynthia McGrae

By Sarah Grand / Wednesday, July 3, 2024 / Comments Off on Describing the Indescribable: Reflections on Language and Historical Memory by Cynthia McGrae

As an English teacher and a First Amendment professor, I spend a lot of time thinking about words.  In my role as a high school English teacher, I am constantly […]

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A Different Kind of Understanding: A Middle School Teacher’s Reflections on Majdanek by Traci Borden

By Sarah Grand / Wednesday, July 3, 2024 / Comments Off on A Different Kind of Understanding: A Middle School Teacher’s Reflections on Majdanek by Traci Borden

I teach middle school ELA, and my literature textbook for 8th grade has a story in it entitled “Walking With Living Feet.” The story is about a high schooler visiting […]

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Bricks and Stones by Nancy Glick

By Sarah Grand / Tuesday, July 2, 2024 / Comments Off on Bricks and Stones by Nancy Glick

Warsaw bricks on the sidewalk marking the borders of the ghettoBrick wall without the sharp glass and barbed wire appearing so non threatening , innocent in the drizzling rainNot revealing […]

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