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By Deborah Danan AUSCHWITZ (JTA) — Bellha Haim, who was born in 1938 and fled the Nazis with her family, swore she would never step foot again in Poland. Then, on Oct. 7, Hamas invaded Israel, perpetrating the bloodiest day … Read More
Guest Columnist Keiron O’Connell In Warsaw. Up at 6:15 am. It’s a beautiful June morning as we board the bus and drive to the Umschlagplatz, the final staging area before deportees from the ghetto were loaded on the trains to … Read More
There has been a lot of talk recently about dog whistles in politics, and it is something we have seen for many years. So, what is a political dog whistle? It’s a tool used by politicians who want to say … Read More
(Editor’s note: This is the third blog entry by Louisville teachers Fred Whittaker and Ron Skillern as they tour Holocaust sites in Poland with a group of students and instructors from Classrooms Without Borders (CWB). This post, which is from day … Read More
(Editor’s note: Fred Whittaker and Ron Skillern, two Holocaust studies teachers at St. Francis Assisi Catholic School in Louisville and the VAMPY program for gifted teens at Western Kentucky University respectively, are currently in Poland touring sites of the Shoah … Read More
Two Kentucky school teachers who have made major, though different, contributions to Holocaust education in the state, will travel together to Poland this summer to see the scenes of the genocide for themselves. Ron Skillern, who teaches Holocaust studies at … Read More
This August, I participated in an exciting new program, the inaugural “Seminar on Wheels: Exploring Poland/Polin” designed for young American academics, educators, curators and activists or arts educators. The program organizers were especially interested in attracting those with Polish roots, … Read More
by Ruth Ellen Gruber WROCLAW, Poland, June 24, 2014 (JTA) – When Katka Reszke and Slawomir Grunberg tied the knot at the historic White Stork synagogue in this southwestern Polish city, they were determined that the occasion would be more … Read More
“The Egyptian, Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away. The Greek and Roman followed, made a vast noise and they are gone. Other peoples have sprung up, and … Read More
One of eight young leaders in North America chosen for JCPA Trip [by Becky Ruby Swansburg] It hit me, of all places, in Ramallah. Our group sat at one of the city’s finest restaurants, listening to three distinct takes on … Read More
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