Seminars
How do so few people make such a sound? The Helsinki Jewish community totals less than a1,000 yet its presence is palpable. As we discovered, the Jewish school, which serves […]
In the smallest of communities we saw life. At their synagogue, in their JCC and across theircity, Tallinners are creating a Jewish future. This pursuit, which Estonians exhibited, is evidencethat […]
In Vilnius, our guide called parks “scars of war.” The playgrounds we saw, where children descended colorful slides and adults gathered onnearby benches, were erected after the war. In some […]
Before leaving Lithuania we stopped at the Samuel Bak Museum and Ponevezh Yeshiva. Thepairing could not have been more perfect. At the Museum, we learned Bak was recognized early on […]
Stairs are a place to climb. Yet the staircase inside the Sugihara House forces you down, andaround, before reaching its point. Initially, the structure feels similar to many residential stairwells. […]
When you walk in Ponary there are sounds: the crackling of leaves beneath your feet, the strikeof a lighter as a flame ignites, the placing of a memorial candle near […]
The day began with a charge, our tour guide Ernest said. This venture, and its two parts, should“provide the historical context of Vilna.” Representing our morning and afternoon excursions, the […]
A group of Youngstown-area educators recently returned from a subsidized eight-day Holocaust education seminar in Poland, organized and subsidized by Classrooms Without Borders (CWB). The experience included powerful visits to Auschwitz, Treblinka, Majdanek, and the Warsaw […]
Going to the town today was beautiful. Starting off with the bus ride to it. The whole route was just view after view. It goes to show that there’s so […]
We started our day with a walking tour of the limited remains of the Warsaw Ghetto. Among the bustling capital city of Poland are fragments of the ghetto wall, unobtrusive […]