Ateret Cope
By Carolyn Linder ‘Joy’, ‘wonder’, ‘belonging’ and ‘connection’ are four words that evoke this summer’s Classrooms Without Borders Israel seminar for Jewish early childhood educators. A group of 24 Jewish […]
It seems like unearthing Jewish history in Berlin has a lot to do with learning to interpret negative space. The Shoah destroyed Jewish buildings, communities, and people. There are holes […]
Our experiences today made me think about the art of being a historian, but even more importantly, it made me think about the art of being an extraordinary human. We […]
Today we visited Majdanek Death Camp on the outskirts of Lublin, central Poland. At the entrance to the camp is a gigantic rock that is raised in the air, cutting […]
“Shall We Survive” Walls and wires have become our view. Hunger and sickness to a Warsaw Jew. Beaten and trapped in a common struggle, Forced to lie, cheat and sometimes […]
In just three hours, we managed to go through a hell that for some lasted months or even more, or even less. We have experienced this wretched place but as […]
On our second day in Poland, and after a morning touring the Warsaw ghetto, we headed to Treblinka. Howard mentioned that all survivors are survivors by luck. A thousand different […]
Today we said goodbye to Jerusalem! After being surrounded by thousands of years of history and being surrounded by Jerusalem stone for four days, we went to the Jaffa lookout. […]
Upon waking each morning, Jews thank G-d for bringing us to this day. I offer thanks to You, living and eternal King, for You have mercifully restored my soul within […]
Tuesday, 21 June | “Dig For A Day” It’s time to update our resumes–although it would be quite a stretch to have one’s cv read “amateur archaeologist”. Nevertheless, that is […]