Greece
On September 27, 4:30-6pm, please join us for an event at St. Nicholas Catholic Cathedral celebrating the CWB Travel Seminar to Greece. For more information, click here. Reflections by Avi […]
A big thank you to Nick Giannoukakis for translating this article into English. “In Greece, In Memory of the Holocaust Led by by its director, Dr. Zipora Gur, representatives of […]
I keep recalling all of the wonderful, inspiring things that we saw and heard while in Greece, and I truly can’t believe that I had the good fortune to have been […]
As I said goodbye (Jen and I are not flying home with them, but instead heading to Santorini. Sorry, I had to throw in one last jab. 😉 ) to […]
We met with the daughter of a Holocaust survivor from Thessaloniki. She shared the story of how her father survived because his family spoke Greek AND German. As the Jewish […]
It was early in the morning (well, more like 10am, but it felt early to me) as we climbed off the bus in the harbor of Thessaloniki. After taking in the inspiring view, […]
So we’ve just left Thessaloniki and we’re headed west for the day. We have plans to visit the home of Alexander the Great. Take a look at Mandy as she […]
EARLY OBSERVATIONS “I will pay 50 euros to the person who can name 20 Greek Gods by the end of the trip.” I wish that I could accept that challenge. […]
Yesterday we visited the cliff monasteries of Meteora and then traveled to Trikala and Larisa to meet members of the local Jewish communities and see their synagogues. Both these communities […]
When I applied to this trip, I was grasping for a connection that me, as a Spanish teacher, could make to this program in Greece. I was willing to explore, […]