Final Reflections
We are currently sitting in the Munich Airport, waiting for our connecting flight back to the States. We have had Shabbat to reflect on our time here in Budapest and we all feel as if we have gained ...
Category: Nov. 2016: JDS + Kushner + Lauder
Let’s keep in touch
Last full day. I went with Alan, Glynis and Rachel to the Dohany synagogue this morning. We had been there earlier in the week when we toured the building, saw the memorial and assisted the curator ...
Shevet Achim Gam Yachad
Friday was an abbreviated day, although still very full. I taught four classes during the morning and will genuinely miss the opportunities I had to study with the Lauder students. Afterwards we met ...
It was, in fact, a tragic story
As I am writing this a few days after the events, it is difficult to keep track of all that we have done. We visited at the Scheiber School, which is the other large Jewish Day School in Budapest. ...
Many possibilities
Concluding thoughts
On our last day we had some free time in the morning and early afternoon. We had the option of going to Shul and eating with Rabbi Frolich and the community at Talmud Torah Building ...
Experiences and reflections
Friday night was celebrated at Moishe house, which is a place for the young Jewish people from the community to hang out together and aside from having Shabbat dinners together, organize social events ...
What a week!
On Saturday morning, I went to the Dohany Synagogue for services. We had toured the synagogue earlier in the week, but this was my first experience at a Jewish prayer service in Budapest. The Dohany ...
Jewish in Hungary
Today was our last day teaching at Lauder, and I had a great class of 10th graders, who are the equivalent age of American 11th graders. I began with my introduction to modern Jewish history and specifically, ...
Thank you!
Thank you to the Lauder School Community!
I would like to thank Ildiko Szarvas for opening up her art classroom to me and providing me with her expertise and knowledge in the fine arts and art education. ...
Power to change
Today was the last day at the Lauder School. I have been teaching every class, every moment, without a break, the whole week as students and teacher expected to make the most of our time together. However, ...
Israel and its achievements
Teaching week came to an end today. We said our good byes with a promise to keep in close touch and work collaboratively during the year using social media, blogs, google classroom sharing and more.
It ...
Takeaways of today
My morning at the Lauder school started off with a concert from a former student of Lauder. Tamas Juhasz was born blind and was determined from very early on to not let his disability define him. ...
Eagerness
The Lauder and Scheiber Schools and the Jewish Hospital
I am writing my blog post both in the middle and at the end of my day. Today we teach at the Lauder School and the Scheiber school. I am looking ...
American norms
There are four Jewish schools in Budapest. In addition to the Lauder school where we spent each morning, there is an Orthodox school, a Chabad school, and the Scheiber school. On Thursday we had an ...
Teenagers are teenagers
In addition to teaching three math classes today, I sat in on a math class led by Christian, one of my colleagues at Lauder. Though I understood all the math going on, I most certainly did not understand ...
Learn responsibility
In the afternoon, after we taught at Scheiber Gymnasium, we went to visit The Charity Jewish Hospital in Budapest, the only Jewish hospital in Central Europe. Its main goal is the treatment and ...
My emotional “space”
It has been very intense since we arrived here on Sunday, and only now, I can have the emotional “space” to reflect on what I have seen, heard, observed and came to understand.
The imagery I had ...
Exploring dialogue in the art classroom and Central European University
In teaching today, the students worked marvelously on their self-portrait projects. I spoke with the 9th and 10th grade students about creating an artwork that would represent themselves or tell a story ...
Perhaps?
Another extraordinary day. In the morning I joined a 7th grade English class where the students had opportunity to ask me questions. Afterwards I got to ask them questions. Because it was a 7th ...
NATO
Today I got to meet with the 11th graders for a double period (1 hr 45 min). We discussed the goals of NATO, the current issues around NATO and whether or not NATO is still an effective alliance. After ...
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Let’s keep in touch
Last full day. I went with Alan, Glynis and Rachel to the Dohany synagogue this morning. We had been there earlier in the week when we toured the building, saw the memorial and assisted the curator ...
Shevet Achim Gam Yachad
Friday was an abbreviated day, although still very full. I taught four classes during the morning and will genuinely miss the opportunities I had to study with the Lauder students. Afterwards we met ...
It was, in fact, a tragic story
As I am writing this a few days after the events, it is difficult to keep track of all that we have done. We visited at the Scheiber School, which is the other large Jewish Day School in Budapest. ...
Many possibilities
Concluding thoughts
On our last day we had some free time in the morning and early afternoon. We had the option of going to Shul and eating with Rabbi Frolich and the community at Talmud Torah Building ...
Experiences and reflections
Friday night was celebrated at Moishe house, which is a place for the young Jewish people from the community to hang out together and aside from having Shabbat dinners together, organize social events ...
What a week!
On Saturday morning, I went to the Dohany Synagogue for services. We had toured the synagogue earlier in the week, but this was my first experience at a Jewish prayer service in Budapest. The Dohany ...
Jewish in Hungary
Today was our last day teaching at Lauder, and I had a great class of 10th graders, who are the equivalent age of American 11th graders. I began with my introduction to modern Jewish history and specifically, ...
Thank you!
Thank you to the Lauder School Community!
I would like to thank Ildiko Szarvas for opening up her art classroom to me and providing me with her expertise and knowledge in the fine arts and art education. ...
Power to change
Today was the last day at the Lauder School. I have been teaching every class, every moment, without a break, the whole week as students and teacher expected to make the most of our time together. However, ...
Israel and its achievements
Teaching week came to an end today. We said our good byes with a promise to keep in close touch and work collaboratively during the year using social media, blogs, google classroom sharing and more.
It ...
Takeaways of today
My morning at the Lauder school started off with a concert from a former student of Lauder. Tamas Juhasz was born blind and was determined from very early on to not let his disability define him. ...
Eagerness
The Lauder and Scheiber Schools and the Jewish Hospital
I am writing my blog post both in the middle and at the end of my day. Today we teach at the Lauder School and the Scheiber school. I am looking ...
American norms
There are four Jewish schools in Budapest. In addition to the Lauder school where we spent each morning, there is an Orthodox school, a Chabad school, and the Scheiber school. On Thursday we had an ...
Teenagers are teenagers
In addition to teaching three math classes today, I sat in on a math class led by Christian, one of my colleagues at Lauder. Though I understood all the math going on, I most certainly did not understand ...
Learn responsibility
In the afternoon, after we taught at Scheiber Gymnasium, we went to visit The Charity Jewish Hospital in Budapest, the only Jewish hospital in Central Europe. Its main goal is the treatment and ...
My emotional “space”
It has been very intense since we arrived here on Sunday, and only now, I can have the emotional “space” to reflect on what I have seen, heard, observed and came to understand.
The imagery I had ...
Exploring dialogue in the art classroom and Central European University
In teaching today, the students worked marvelously on their self-portrait projects. I spoke with the 9th and 10th grade students about creating an artwork that would represent themselves or tell a story ...
Perhaps?
Another extraordinary day. In the morning I joined a 7th grade English class where the students had opportunity to ask me questions. Afterwards I got to ask them questions. Because it was a 7th ...
NATO
Today I got to meet with the 11th graders for a double period (1 hr 45 min). We discussed the goals of NATO, the current issues around NATO and whether or not NATO is still an effective alliance. After ...