This day was very intense both mentally and emotionally. It was the Holocaust Memorial Day in the school. Since for both Gabor and Timi had Holocaust victims and survivors in their family Paul invited them to speak about their family’s tragedy to the students who were really interested in the Holocaust stories. This year the school focused on the Resistance in the Holocaust and Timi thought it was very important and it was a really great initiative to reflect on the power of Jewish people in the worst period of History. Gabor was happy to continue his conversation with Mark which they started at Glynis’. It was interesting to compare the management structure of the two schools and it became clear that although in different positions but with the same philosophy they do their jobs.
The group had a great tour in the beautiful school. Gabor was fascinated by the huge space and the rich creative decorations all around the school.
The group has visited the Sunflower bakery and tasted their delicious products in the Cafe of the Federation. Timi was honoured to meet the President of the Federation who told the group about the successful projects they lead to build the Jewish community in Washington DC and it became clear that the struggle to keep the community alive and prosperous in the long-term is the same struggle in every part of the world.
Gabor has found Avi’s Limmud very interesting and the group in relentless restlessness continued the conversation about how to be exceptional educators during dinner.
It was a very fruitful and a very inspiring and day looking forward to the next!
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