"About The BookWitnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of Jewish women in Poland—some still in their teens—helped transform the Jewish youth groups into resistance cells to fight the Nazis. With courage, guile, and nerves of steel, these “ghetto girls” paid off Gestapo […]
What does it mean to be a citizen in conversation about whiteness in America? Join CWB’s Summer Book Club double-header read of Citizen: An American Lyric and Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine. These two books are brilliant and provocative; they are also quite challenging reads for their style, structure and content. Let’s […]
Classrooms Without Borders, in partnership with Rodef Shalom Congregation, is excited to offer the opportunity to watch the film "When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit" and engage in a post-film discussion with the producer Jochen Laube in conversation with Dr. Natalia Aleksiun. This program is generously sponsored by Ellen Beller in celebration of her and Tsipy […]
Jonty has led many seminars and missions in Poland and Israel and is a gifted educator and a fascinating storyteller. Jonty has a unique way of connecting his teachings to his audience, such that their experience of learning leaves a deep and enduring impact on their lives. He weaves together Jewish history with philosophy, culture […]
Classrooms Without Borders, in partnership with Rodef Shalom Congregation of Pittsburgh, is thrilled to offer this opportunity to engage in discussion with author, Ariana Neumann about her book "The Light of Days." About The Book Witnesses to the brutal murder of their families and neighbors and the violent destruction of their communities, a cadre of […]
What does it mean to be a citizen in conversation about whiteness in America? Join CWB’s Summer Book Club double-header read of Citizen: An American Lyric and Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine. These two books are brilliant and provocative; they are also quite challenging reads for their style, structure and content. Let’s […]
Jonty has led many seminars and missions in Poland and Israel and is a gifted educator and a fascinating storyteller. Jonty has a unique way of connecting his teachings to his audience, such that their experience of learning leaves a deep and enduring impact on their lives. He weaves together Jewish history with philosophy, culture […]
Classrooms Without Borders, in partnership with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), is excited to offer the opportunity to watch the film "Oma and Bella" and engage in a post film discussion with Alexa Karolinski, the director and Jeffrey Yoskowitz, an expert on Eastern European Jewish cuisine and its history: Moderated by Martine Perry, Germany […]
You are invited to participate in an update on Israel offered once per month. Given the events in the past few months, from the recent conflict with Gaza to the internal political upheaval in Israel there is a necessity to get an educated view from the “inside”. We are offering an opportunity to hear from […]
The Ghetto Fighters House, South Africa Holocaust and Genocide Foundation and CWB partner together for a discussion with Loung Ung, author of the bestselling memoir First They Killed My Father and the critically acclaimed 2017 Netflix Original Movie directed by Angelina Jolie based on her book. Born in 1970 to a middle-class family in Phnom […]
Classrooms Without Borders, in partnership with the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Liberation 75 and sponsored by Dr. Daryl Miller is excited to offer the opportunity to watch the film "Love It Was Not" and engage in a post-film discussion with the film director/writer, Maya Sarfaty, and Miki Marin daughter of Roza/Shoshana Orenstein in conversation […]
The Arab-Israeli conflict plays a large (some would claim outsized) role in current events. 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 and to give them the tools with which to grapple in the classroom with the subject […]