Pre-WWII Jewish History

Germany Close Up prompts questions about country’s past and future

By Ellen Resnek / Tuesday, August 13, 2024 / Comments Off on Germany Close Up prompts questions about country’s past and future

Seminar takes young North American Jewish leaders to Germany to ask and teach By Adam Reinherz READ THE STORY HERE

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Destroy. Rename. Or remove. By Josh Leib 

By Ellen Resnek / Friday, August 2, 2024 / Comments Off on Destroy. Rename. Or remove. By Josh Leib 

Destroy. Rename. Or remove. In America, memorializing difficult parts of our past falls into three categories. Three categories fail to represent the intricacies that the memorial likely represents. A major […]

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Berlin’s Hidden Histories: A Journey Through Everyday Memorials By Jillian Korey

By Ellen Resnek / Thursday, August 1, 2024 / Comments Off on Berlin’s Hidden Histories: A Journey Through Everyday Memorials By Jillian Korey

Today we arrived in Berlin, emerging from a stunning, modern train station into the vibrant hustle and bustle of a major metropolitan city. I had to take a moment to […]

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Tracing the Spiral of Jewish History: From Nuremberg’s Medieval Past to Berlin’s Present by Alida Jekabson

By Ellen Resnek / Thursday, August 1, 2024 / Comments Off on Tracing the Spiral of Jewish History: From Nuremberg’s Medieval Past to Berlin’s Present by Alida Jekabson

On our train ride to Berlin from Nuremberg, spans of green and tan fields flashed by my window, decidedly different from the expansive sand-colored mountain landscape of my home in […]

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Reflecting on History: The Urgency of Combating Modern Antisemitism by Shira Hershenfeld

By Ellen Resnek / Tuesday, July 30, 2024 / Comments Off on Reflecting on History: The Urgency of Combating Modern Antisemitism by Shira Hershenfeld

Today we visited the memorial at the former site of Dachau Concentration Camp and the Munich Documentation Center for National Socialism. What strikes me the most is how so many […]

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Upcoming Germany Close Up Study Seminar: A Transformative Journey

By Ellen Resnek / Sunday, July 28, 2024 / Comments Off on Upcoming Germany Close Up Study Seminar: A Transformative Journey

Classrooms Without Borders is thrilled to announce the upcoming Germany Close Up Fellowship, an open program for young professionals. This immersive experience offers a unique opportunity to delve into Germany’s […]

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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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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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A Unique Moment in Poland by Tatum Perez

By Sarah Grand / Thursday, July 4, 2024 / Comments Off on A Unique Moment in Poland by Tatum Perez

Going to the town today was beautiful. Starting off with the bus ride to it. The whole route was just view after view. It goes to show that there’s so […]

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Hiding in Plain Sight by Rachel Sager

By Sarah Grand / Wednesday, July 3, 2024 / Comments Off on Hiding in Plain Sight by Rachel Sager

We started our day with a walking tour of the limited remains of the Warsaw Ghetto. Among the bustling capital city of Poland are fragments of the ghetto wall, unobtrusive […]

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