Join us for an update and overview about the current situation in Israel.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 […]
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 […]
Classrooms Without Borders, in partnership with Rodef Shalom Congregation and the George Washington University's Rabin Chair Forum, is excited to offer the opportunity to watch the film "Complicit" and engage in a post-film discussion with the filmmaker Robert Krakow in conversation with SS St. Louis Passengers, Sonja Geismar and Eva Wiener. Complicit is a production […]
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 […]
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 […]
Join us for an update and overview about the current situation in Israel.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 […]
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 and the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, is excited to offer the opportunity to watch the film "The House on Wannsee Street" and engage in a post-film discussion with the filmmaker Poli Martínez Kaplun and her mother Helen Kaplun in conversation with Avi Ben Hur. The […]
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 […]
Join us for an update and overview about the current situation in Israel.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 […]