Jewish History

Jerusalem: God Among Snow, Hail, and Sunshine; God Among Jews, Christians, and Muslims

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, March 15, 2022 / Comments Off on Jerusalem: God Among Snow, Hail, and Sunshine; God Among Jews, Christians, and Muslims

Kate Lukaszewicz | Educator Day 2 | 2022 Inside Israel: Educational Leadership Seminar Today’s sojourn brought us to touchstones of intersecting histories. We braved March snow, a rarity in Jerusalem, […]

Purim and Meeting Our Mishpachtonim

By Ateret Cope / Monday, March 14, 2022 / Comments Off on Purim and Meeting Our Mishpachtonim

Alex, Lincoln, Rinnie Day 1 | 2022 Children’s Village Teen Volunteer Program Today, we woke up relatively late, which was great for resetting jet lag. We made our own breakfasts […]

Confronting the Complexity of Holocaust Scholarship

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, March 2, 2022 / Comments Off on Confronting the Complexity of Holocaust Scholarship

Reflections on the Past, Present, and Future of Holocaust Studies.

Holocaust Museums and Memorials Around the World

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, March 2, 2022 / Comments Off on Holocaust Museums and Memorials Around the World

Alongside CWB Scholars we will travel with Museum historians, experts, and contemporary witnesses to 10 different regions.

Arab Israeli Conflict with Avi Ben Hur

By Ateret Cope / Wednesday, March 2, 2022 / Comments Off on Arab Israeli Conflict with Avi Ben Hur

This course aims to unpack the causes and core issues that relate to the Conflict. The goal is to make the subject accessible to educators.

The “Carlos Project” – Teaching Culture and Language in Your Classroom

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on The “Carlos Project” – Teaching Culture and Language in Your Classroom

Life of European Jews before WWII: Introduction to Journey With Howard Chandler App

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Life of European Jews before WWII: Introduction to Journey With Howard Chandler App

This lesson sets the context for the “Journey with Howard Chandler” examining the Jewish communities in Poland before World War II. Howard’s home town of Wierzbnik was one of thousands […]

“All My Mothers” – The Story of Yehudith Kleinman

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, February 1, 2022 / Comments Off on “All My Mothers” – The Story of Yehudith Kleinman

Yehudith Kleinman was born in Venice in 1939; her mother and grandmother moved to Milan shortly thereafter. In January 1944, she was taken to a convent for safety, where she […]

“Memory: A Holocaust Survivor’s Story” film

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, February 1, 2022 / Comments Off on “Memory: A Holocaust Survivor’s Story” film

This film tells the story of Howard Chandler, an 83-year-old Holocaust survivor. We return to his home village in Poland and visit the concentration camps where he was imprisoned during […]

Nazi Ideology as Part of a Continuum of Antisemitism

By Ateret Cope / Tuesday, February 1, 2022 / Comments Off on Nazi Ideology as Part of a Continuum of Antisemitism

Antisemitism existed long before Hitler’s rise to power: Jews had been victims of widespread hatred and suspicion for centuries before. This video explains the historical context of racial antisemitic ideology and […]

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