Day 1 – Letters from the Children’s Village 2018
By Samuel Freudenberg Our travels from Pittsburgh to Newark and then to Tel Aviv were tiresome. We flew from Pittsburgh at eight o’clock, arrived at Newark an hour later. Our layover was a very long six hours, with a one hour delay added on because of a mechanical failure. We departed from Newark to embark […]
Belonging
By Alexandra Friedlander I hug Liel and Shani and wipe the tears off their faces, though mine are flowing freely. Then I turned to Lian and her twin Yarin. Lian tells me through her tears, “I will never forget you, you have been like a sister to me.” There are many places where I belong–my […]
A Look Back – 2017 Israel Travel Seminar
By Avi Ben-Hur This summer, CWB initiated the first Art educator’s seminar to Israel. By all accounts, it was a roaring success. Leading the seminar were Shirel Horowitz – a top-notch Israeli artist and art educator and Avi Ben-Hur, CWB’s Director of Education. While the Seminar focused on the contemporary art scene – not overlooking […]
Day 9 (Jeremy) – Israel Arts & Culture 2017
By: Jeremy Lerner Today on the eve of the last day of our trip. We began the day with a fantastic breakfast from the Dan Panorama in Jerusalem. Afterwards we quickly boarded the bus and head out to explore Masada and the Dead Sea. The contrast of a fortress in the mountains and the lowest […]
Day 8 (Gail) – Israel Arts & Culture 2017
By: Gail Ungar Art has amazing powers, our Classrooms Without Borders group learned on our visit to Jerusalem’s Islamic Museum of Art. Through art, ideas, dialogue, and conversation its education department is bringing together people of differing narratives with the goal of educating, bringing mutual understanding, respect, and ultimately peace to its city. Among the […]
Day 7 (Tabetha) – Israel Arts & Culture 2017
By: Tabetha Cunningham We started Sunday morning with a South Tel Aviv graffiti tour in the Florintine district. Shirel and her friend Guy took two separate groups to see a wide variation of diverse and beautiful graffiti art. My guide, Guy, is a linguist who uses graffiti and signage to teach Hebrew in a way that […]
Day 5 (Natalie) – Israel Arts & Culture 2017
By: Natalie Potts Today we had a block of free time in the afternoon, and I chose to follow Avi to Jaffa. We started in the flea market, where we bartered, shopped, and ate. We then met as a group to walk through the oldest part of the city where artists and craftsman now live […]
Day 4 (Abby) – Israel Arts & Culture 2017
By: Abby Kemble Today was day 4 in Israel and we traveled from our host families in Katmiel Musgave to Tel Aviv. We saw several religious sites that are important in Christianity, including Magdala and the Church of the Beatitudes. It is incredible to learn about places that are important in various religions within a single […]
Day 4 (Sarah) – Israel Arts & Culture 2017
By: Sarah Ceurvorst Today was another incredible day in Israel, packed with new sights, tastes and experiences. The portion of the day that resounded with me the most was our visit to the Umm Elfahem Art Gallery. Umm el-Fahem is the second largest Arab city in Israel and home to the passionate Said Abu Shakra. Said […]