Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 9-3
Stephanie McMahon-Kaye is the coordinator of the Desk for Seminars in English from Yad Vashem. She will be teaching a professional development class based on the Echoes and Reflections curriculum at The Trimont, 1 Trimont Lane, Pittsburgh PA. RSVPS should come to me by: November 2nd [email protected].
December 2–7, 2012
CWB Study Seminar scholar Avi Ben-Hur is returning to Pittsburgh to teach and hold an open house. An expert on the Arab-Israeli conflict, the history of Jerusalem and Holocaust studies, Ben-Hur has been the director of the Archaeological Seminars School for Israeli Tour Guides and has taught at Yad Vashem, the IDF educational corps and elsewhere. He will be giving lectures in various area public and private schools and providing professional development opportunities for teacher, on a schedule to be announced.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Children’s village 12-1:30
Israel 2-3:30
Berlin 4-5:30
All teachers who will be joining Classrooms Without Borders’ Inside Israel: An International Study Seminar in 2013 are invited to an open house, which includes a lecture by CWB Seminar scholar Avi Ben-Hur. Location: Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, 234 McKee Place, in Oakland. RSVPS should come to me on all of the above by November 23rd [email protected].
Sunday, December 2, 2012, 4–6 pm
All teachers who will be joining Classrooms Without Borders’ Berlin/Prague Study Seminar in 2013 are invited to an open house, which includes a lecture by CWB Seminar scholar Avi Ben-Hur. Location: Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh, 234 McKee Place, in Oakland.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
CWB will hold a community reunion for teens and teachers who participated in Poland Personally: An International Study Seminar. Alumni will present poetry, songs and reflections from their seminars in 2011 and 2012. Location: Urban Pathways Charter School, 914 Penn Avenue, Downtown
June 11–19, 2013
Join CWB for the Berlin/Prague Study Seminar for teachers and students.
August 4–13, 2013
Twenty selected Jewish young adults will be sponsored by CWB and Germany Close Up to explore Berlin’s past and present through CWB’s Berlin International Study Seminar. Young adults with community-service experience and active interest in Judaism are invited to apply; the cost of the trip is only $1,300, after the CWB/Germany Close Up subsidy. For more information, please email Tsipy at [email protected].