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Poland Seminar Day 1- June 26 By Michele Russo

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Poland Seminar Day 1- June 26 By Michele Russo

The power of their writing is a witness to what happened and was also used in actual trials as evidence of Nazi war crimes.

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Day 2 Poland Personally by Tim Smith

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Day 2 Poland Personally by Tim Smith

It makes me wonder and sometimes despair about how much I don’t know. It also further instills in me a desire to learn more.

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Poland Study Seminar Day 2 by Students: -Annie, Jayne, Alexis, Ivy, Uma, Ben

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Poland Study Seminar Day 2 by Students: -Annie, Jayne, Alexis, Ivy, Uma, Ben

This was not a paradise as the word is defined “an ideal or idealistic state,” but rather a brief moment in time where life was a bit better than before, but still with hardship and hatred

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June 26 Poland Personally by Tim Smith

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on June 26 Poland Personally by Tim Smith

the importance of providing witness, and now, as we listen to the speakers and step foot in these important places the responsibility we now carry to do the same.

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Sunday June 26 by Sondra S. Ettlinger

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Sunday June 26 by Sondra S. Ettlinger

As the War in Poland was winding to an end and the Jews had been gathered into the Warsaw Ghetto, it was important to those who were left to leave their story for the future in order to offset the propaganda that was being generated by the victors.

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Poland Personally June 22, 2022 by Sondra Ettlinger

By Ellen Resnek / Thursday, June 23, 2022 / Comments Off on Poland Personally June 22, 2022 by Sondra Ettlinger

The tomb stones are weathered, and some have been vandalized.

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2023 Children’s Village: Volunteer to make an impact!

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 20, 2022 / Comments Off on 2023 Children’s Village: Volunteer to make an impact!
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The Holocaust Card – Always Remember

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, March 16, 2022 / Comments Off on The Holocaust Card – Always Remember

Steven Koenig Day 3 | 2022 Inside Israel: Educational Leadership Seminar Today was our visit to Yad Vashem (translation-”a Memorial and a Name”), Israel’s tribute to the 6,000,000 Jews who […]

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

On October 27, 2018, the Pittsburgh community was the victim of the deadliest Anti-Semitic attack in the United States. Even as the tragedy was continuing to unfold, the entire Pittsburgh […]

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Stereotypes and Implicit Bias, At Your Front Door

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Stereotypes and Implicit Bias, At Your Front Door

Overview Using the Short Film Masel Tov Cocktail students will explore concepts of identity and stereotypes. They will also explore the progression of antisemitism and continuation of implicit bias in […]

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