Teachers Workshop: from Israel’s Yad Vashem to Wheeling, WV
Through the generosity of Classrooms Without Borders and Yad Vashem in Israel, teachers in Wheeling, West Virginia… who teach about the Holocaust …from public, private and parochial schools, gathered for an exceptional learning opportunity. Lea Roshkovsky, a distinguished Israeli educator who has been teaching at Yad Vashem’s International School of Holocaust Studies for over 25 years, graciously agreed to venture […]
Ghosts of the Third Reich Film Review
The movie, Ghosts of the Third Reich, was screened at Sewickley Academy and followed by a discussion led by Film Director Claudia Ehrlich Sobral and Dr. Samson Munn, the son of Holocaust survivors and the founder of The Austrian Encounter. The film concentrated on the stories of the descendants of both Holocaust perpetrators and survivors. The […]
Germany Close-up
Classrooms Without Borders has just completed our first seminar to Berlin in partnership with Germany Close-up. Twenty-five young Jewish professionals under age 35 from across the U.S. and Canada participated in the 10-day study program in Berlin, learning how Germany is grappling with its past, the continuity of Jewish life in Germany today, and U.S.-German […]
Israel Seminar for Pittsburgh Change Agents
For the first time, CWB brought a group of top private-school headmasters, principals and administrators from Pittsburgh on an educational seminar to Israel. Although the program followed the successful model created by Dr. Tsipy Gur in previous Israel study tours for teachers, changes were made to suit the needs of this special group. Some of […]
From Berlin to Prague
Classrooms Without Borders (CWB) inaugurated its Berlin/Prague Seminar for educators, accompanied by local students, this June. Despite an airport strike in Paris that caused the group to lose a day, participants arrived in Berlin in high spirits, prepared to hit the ground running. Through the expert educational teamwork of CWB Executive Director Dr. Tsipy Gur, […]
Empty Space and Memory in Berlin
We’ve been on the Germany Close-up seminar for about twenty-four hours now and it is an appropriate moment for a brief round-up of what we’ve experienced so far. Yesterday was actually the first day of touring/learning and opened with a guided tour led by Dr. Dagmar Pruin, the founder and director of Germany Close-up. She […]
Questioning Legacies
When our seminar group arrived back in the United States two weeks ago, I grabbed my suitcase at baggage claim, hopped in my car and quickly returned home for a restful night’s sleep after ten days of tremendous activity, historical questioning, and once in a lifetime experiences. I spent the next few days readjusting to […]
Strikes?
Luggage… you never realize how important a case made of either leather, zippers, and/or water resistant textures that hold your clothes, brushes, cosmetics, and food until its gone. For some: a trip can be made or broken. So I’m going to share my advice up front: DO NOT… DO NOT expect your luggage to arrive […]
Talking Points
We experienced what was like a “breathing” thesis. The program began with readings and the lectures; what we learned was illuminated by visiting the place and hearing an analysis of the significance of the place by both our accompanying historian and a local expert. Each place – each memorial, building, piece of artwork, museum – […]