Sarah Grand
July 20, 2025 Art is a universal language—we are able to use it to communicate without words. Being in another country where there is a language barrier can be challenging. […]
Since coming home from Germany, I have been trying to figure out how to put this experience into words. I am truly so grateful that I stepped out of my […]
One quote:It’s been over a month, and I am still not yet confident in how best to present my experiences with Classrooms without Borders in Poland. There’s no clear way […]
Towards the end of our three-hour tour of Dachau, walking through the parted rows of poplar trees and freely out through the gates that read Arbeit Macht Frei, our German […]
I came to Germany searching for history. What I found was memory. Public. Curated. Complicated. And at times, conspicuously incomplete. The Germany Close Up fellowship was designed to immerse young […]
What is the greatest resistance against the forces that attempted to fully eradicate us? The most fantastic sign of resilience to the erosion of Jewish identity? Kabbalat Shabbat in a […]
On our first day in Berlin, I found myself engaging in much more personal reflection than I expected. With a train ride from Nuremberg, a bus tour, and a group […]
On Wednesday we spent the day in Nuremberg, where the theme of the day focused on the questions that were asked after the war. First, how do we bring these […]
Yesterday was very impactful. Specifically the synagogue. What fascinated me was the discovery of the stone that had the Ten Commandments. Some sailor discovered it while sailing on the river. […]
This morning, as I awoke, the emotions from yesterday overwhelmed me like a rising tide. We visited Dachau, and I am still processing what I saw there. Today, we are […]