A wonderful surprise guest in Scheiber Sándor Gimnázium
I was having my Friday lunch in the canteen when some of our students arrived. They greeted me, then they were standing there and smiling ...
Today’s first program was to take one last look at the homes we were living in for this amazing past week. We said goodbye to our host’s parents and headed to Beth Tfiloh. At school we bit farewell ...
On Friday we started our Shabbaton journey this year, too. This meant that we were able to connect to each other like never before due to the nature of Shabbat. We arrived just before sunset, therefore ...
We woke up and had some breakfast with our host families then went to BT. After arriving we made challah together. Then we had some free time where we had some nap and ate some snacks. After that we ...
We woke up at 6:50am and started getting ready with some deer outside the window.
When we got to the school, our hosts dropped us of at a different part of the school that we were slightly familiar ...
We started the day early, it was raining heavily. We had a wonderful breakfast with our host family. We ate cereal and some hummus sandwiches.
At 8.10 we arrived at school, came to Beit Midrash ...
The day started early with a nice London-like weather. As opposed to yesterday we had breakfast in the local Dunkin’ donuts. I grabbed a vanilla coffee, which was too sweet for my European taste buds. ...
We woke up bright and early, all our fatigue was gone, especially after getting a coffee at Dunkin’ with our amazing host, Adam. Also, American coffee is insane, having as much caffeine as a liter ...
Dear Lyndall and Mykenzie,
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As the sun starts to set and Shabbat is in the air, I am given an opportunity to reflect on this amazing experience that Lyndall and I have had in Poland these last 10 days…. Wow! Has it ...
We arrived in Warsaw yesterday afternoon and were greeted by our wonderful Warsaw colleagues! All three of them came to meet us. We immediately started talking about plans for visiting the Lauder Morasha ...
Today was bittersweet as we had to say goodbye to our wonderful new colleagues in Kraków. We had just spent the last five days with these amazing educators learning about their journey and getting ...
I work as a teacher at Frajda JCC Kraków. Today the visit of educators from the USA Lyndall and Mykenzie ended. All teachers, we are very grateful for the few days we spent together. It was honor and ...
March 4, 2024
Today, Mykenzie and I had a chance to be in classrooms with the dedicated educators mentioned in our last post. We were able to see them in action and were most impressed with the ways ...
Kraków, March 3, 2024
Today in Kraków, I can only explain it as… “A magical and educational day”.
Lyndall and I have learned so much about the Polish culture and history ...
First, we gathered in the parking lot next to the school at 8 o’clock, bidding farewell to some students. We then boarded the school bus bound for New York. Along the way, we caught sight of Manhattan. ...
After Friday’s celebrations, where we showed the Americans how Shabbat is celebrated and sang together, we continued our 25-hour digital detox. We started with a kosher breakfast followed by a ...
In the morning, we provided feedback to the organizers of the entire program and then divided into morning prayers. We had the option to choose from meditation, walking, yoga, arts and crafts, and more. ...
On Wednesday, after a snow day, another day at Leffell school awaited us. First, we had the opportunity to observe classes, but several of us had to go to the school nurse instead because we were not ...
