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Florence Blog by Mike Fratangelo

By Ellen Resnek / Sunday, July 24, 2022 / Comments Off on Florence Blog by Mike Fratangelo

These were the streets that Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci themselves walked!

July 20th 2022 by Amy Seelbaugh

By Ellen Resnek / Thursday, July 21, 2022 / Comments Off on July 20th 2022 by Amy Seelbaugh

Standing in the Piazza Farnese, we saw two fountains with ancient stone basins that were recycled from Roman baths from the 2nd or 3rd century, one of the best examples of a Renaissance palace built in the 16th century, and a 21st century art exhibit: a trompe l’oeil installation that beautifully covers the scaffolding used for renovation

Florence and Siena- Taking Time For Conversation by Amy Wilson

By Ellen Resnek / Tuesday, July 19, 2022 / Comments Off on Florence and Siena- Taking Time For Conversation by Amy Wilson

it will not be a marble statue or a beautiful painting I will remember about this place, but the open conversations and willing hearts of the people who have shared of themselves in order to give me a better understanding of the Jewish world

Day 4: What Bologna Asks Us? by Kate Lukaszewicz

By Ellen Resnek / Tuesday, July 19, 2022 / Comments Off on Day 4: What Bologna Asks Us? by Kate Lukaszewicz

Quando comincia la storia? “When does history begin?,” asks the Jewish Museum of Bologna.

Discovering Italy: July 15th by Melody Meadows 

By Ellen Resnek / Saturday, July 16, 2022 / Comments Off on Discovering Italy: July 15th by Melody Meadows 

In “Ulysses” Alfred, Lord Tennyson said, “I am a part of all that I have met.” Every experience we have a humans shapes us and makes us who we are.

Educators return from Poland with new plans for teaching about the Holocaust

By Ellen Resnek / Friday, July 8, 2022 / Comments Off on Educators return from Poland with new plans for teaching about the Holocaust

Ten-day trip grants insights and helps teachers prepare for the coming school year. READ ABOUT IT HERE

Ghetto Wall- Warsaw by Starlo Galetta

By Ellen Resnek / Sunday, July 3, 2022 / Comments Off on Ghetto Wall- Warsaw by Starlo Galetta

I learned her hopes and dreams and it seemed I knew her.

Reflection by Teresa McCombs

By Ellen Resnek / Sunday, July 3, 2022 / Comments Off on Reflection by Teresa McCombs

“And now a prayer—or rather, a piece of advice: let there be comradeship among you.  We are all brothers, and we are all suffering the same fate.  The same smoke floats over all or heads.  Help one another.  It is the only way to survive.”  – Elie Wiesel, Night

Reflection by Michael Shaughnessy

By Ellen Resnek / Sunday, July 3, 2022 / Comments Off on Reflection by Michael Shaughnessy

a stark reminder of the 4 million refugees in Poland right now and the importance of making connections to the past to inform our knowledge of the present.

A Short Reflection by Michelle Szydlowski 

By Ellen Resnek / Sunday, July 3, 2022 / Comments Off on A Short Reflection by Michelle Szydlowski 

A strikingly beautiful doe raced across the field where jagged trenches, now covered in grass, marked the site where thousands of human lives were stolen.

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