Jackie Golblum
Today, Sunday, July 5, 2026, our group visited the fortress of Masada, located at the Dead Sea. This fortress had been built around 40 BCE/BC. Herod built it as a […]
Our lively tour guide took us to some wonderful Jewish life locations today. Well, what remains of those locations. Not only were many of the rich Jewish life examples lost […]
The new synagogue of Berlin reached new heights of beauty externally, but exemplifies the idea that one cannot please everyone. Some loved it’s “Moorish” architectural styling, specifically the emperor of […]
Visiting the Memorium Nürnberger Prozesse — the Memorium Nuremberg Trials — is not like visiting a museum. It’s stepping into the birthplace of a new moral vocabulary: crimes against humanity, […]
What an amazing day! We left Nuremberg this morning and took a three-hour train ride to Berlin. Each city we have traveled to has its own character. Berlin is definitely […]
Most people think of Magdala as the birthplace of Mary Magdalene. And so it is. An ancient history. But today when we visited Magdala we also discovered new found history. […]
For me, the Classrooms Without Borders Poland, Personally seminar was a once in a lifetime opportunity for educators, a comprehensive lesson in what Poland was to the Jewish people for […]
We started the day by taking the train to Nurnberg. First we were given a tour of the former Nazi rally grounds, including the massive Congress Hall which was being […]
Today, on a rainy summer day, our group had the honor of visiting Dachau concentration camp. Our tour guide, Gerd, described the long-running camp to us in terms of the […]
The most well known concentration camp is Dachau. It began just after Hitler took power in 1933, and it was liberated ten days before Germany surrendered in 1945. Throughout its […]