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Gatekeeping America: Immigration Policy & the Limits of Refuge

Thursday, October 1 @ 8:30 am - 2:30 pm EDT
Allegheny Intermediate Unit
475 E Waterfront Drive | Homestead

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Effective lesson plans and curricula for teaching students about the Holocaust, genocide, hate, cultural differences, and more.

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Our curated collection of valuable resources from around the web, covering the Holocaust, genocide, hate, and cultural and racial tolerance.

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Blog

Explore the sites and experiences of our Travel Study Seminars through the eyes of the participants

Sunday, July 5 – By Shelly Itskowitz

Today, Sunday, July 5, 2026, our group visited the fortress of Masada, located at the Dead Sea. This fortress had been built around 40 BCE/BC. Herod built it as a…

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Jewish Life – By Sandi Criswell

Our lively tour guide took us to some wonderful Jewish life locations today. Well, what remains of those locations. Not only were many of the rich Jewish life examples lost…

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New Synagogue – By Andrea Dreger

The new synagogue of Berlin reached new heights of beauty externally, but exemplifies the idea that one cannot please everyone. Some loved it’s “Moorish” architectural styling, specifically the emperor of…

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Visiting this place and thereby telling a story from my past and connecting it to the history of the world is very intriguing and engaging. We want our students to be engaged in our lessons and this is a guaranteed way to do that.

Anne Holly Neely  •  teacher

There is an ineffable quality to being in a space that strikes nerves; this program takes those difficult experiences and funnels them toward enthusiastic and effective teaching.

Adam Oberlin  •  teacher
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