Pre-WWII Jewish History

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.

Poland Seminar Day 1- June 26 By Michele Russo

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Poland Seminar Day 1- June 26 By Michele Russo

The power of their writing is a witness to what happened and was also used in actual trials as evidence of Nazi war crimes.

Day 2 Poland Personally by Tim Smith

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Day 2 Poland Personally by Tim Smith

It makes me wonder and sometimes despair about how much I don’t know. It also further instills in me a desire to learn more.

Poland Study Seminar Day 2 by Students: -Annie, Jayne, Alexis, Ivy, Uma, Ben

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Poland Study Seminar Day 2 by Students: -Annie, Jayne, Alexis, Ivy, Uma, Ben

This was not a paradise as the word is defined “an ideal or idealistic state,” but rather a brief moment in time where life was a bit better than before, but still with hardship and hatred

June 26 Poland Personally by Tim Smith

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on June 26 Poland Personally by Tim Smith

the importance of providing witness, and now, as we listen to the speakers and step foot in these important places the responsibility we now carry to do the same.

Sunday June 26 by Sondra S. Ettlinger

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 27, 2022 / Comments Off on Sunday June 26 by Sondra S. Ettlinger

As the War in Poland was winding to an end and the Jews had been gathered into the Warsaw Ghetto, it was important to those who were left to leave their story for the future in order to offset the propaganda that was being generated by the victors.

Poland Personally June 22, 2022 by Sondra Ettlinger

By Ellen Resnek / Thursday, June 23, 2022 / Comments Off on Poland Personally June 22, 2022 by Sondra Ettlinger

The tomb stones are weathered, and some have been vandalized.

2023 Poland Personally: A Study Seminar to Poland

By Ellen Resnek / Monday, June 20, 2022 / Comments Off on 2023 Poland Personally: A Study Seminar to Poland

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.

Understanding Antisemitism: Rooted in History

By Ateret Cope / Saturday, February 5, 2022 / Comments Off on Understanding Antisemitism: Rooted in History

This lesson combines an understanding and review of the plant life cycle and the metaphors of roots to understand the history of racism and antisemitism in our world. The beginning […]

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