To Cease or to Fire?
To Cease or to Fire? It is possible that by the time this blog goes up, a negotiated cease-fire between Israel and Hamas will be in place. At the moment of this writing, rockets are still being fired on Southern and Central Israel from the Gaza Strip and the Israeli Air Force continues to fly […]
Israeli PR asks Germans: What if your city were under fire? Ha’aretz November 20th 2012
By Ofer Aderet Berlin’s most widely circulated newspaper, BZ, devoted its front page Tuesday to an extraordinary display of solidarity with Israel, running a story speculating on what would happen if Berlin were attacked by rockets similar to those being fired at the Jewish state. Under the headline “What if Berlin were Israel?” the paper […]
Berlin Seminar – October 2012
I’ve just returned home – to Jerusalem – from our first seminar in Berlin. It has been 12 years since I visited Berlin for the first time and much has changed. For many Jews, such as myself, who are actively engaged in our Jewish identities and our history, travel to Europe is not easy. Our […]
Poland: “More special than I can express”
When Mark Barga, a history teacher at Pittsburgh Westinghouse 6-12, went to Poland in July as one of the teachers subsidized by Classrooms Without Borders for Poland Personally: An International Study Seminar, he found the experience “transformative,” he says. “In Poland, I confronted a very simple truth about teaching the Holocaust as a history teacher: […]
Israel: “Reinvigorating the soul, connecting with our roots”
Inside Israel: An International Study Seminar provided unmatched professional development for 10 teachers from Community Day School, the Yeshiva Schools, Rodef Shalom and Adat Shalom, subsidized by Classrooms Without Borders. “It is amazing to me that what I have studied about in school and teach about now in school comes alive,” says Rabbi Eliezer Shusterman, […]
Children’s Village: “Love, opportunity and experience”
The Teen Service International Learning Project at the Children’s Village, Karmiel, Israel, is now part of four local schools’ commitments to include Israel in their curricula. The schools — Shady Side Academy, Ellis School, Winchester Thurston School and Sewickley Academy — will each send two students on the next service-learning project trip, which is slated […]
Save The Dates: Ben-Hur, Berlin/Prague Open House, and more
Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 9-3 Stephanie McMahon-Kaye is the coordinator of the Desk for Seminars in English from Yad Vashem. She will be teaching a professional development class based on the Echoes and Reflections curriculum at The Trimont, 1 Trimont Lane, Pittsburgh PA. RSVPS should come to me by: November 2nd [email protected]. December 2–7, 2012 […]
How Poland Became Personal
In July, Middle School English teacher Jessica Hecht and students and teachers from all over the region traveled to Poland through the Classrooms Without Borders program. This is her story. The adventure started even before we got there. I, along with other teachers and students from the area, had been preparing for our trip to Poland […]
Travel With Us To Poland
Here is a quick view of the people, places and experiences we had on the Seminar to Poland.