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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 ...
Category: Trip Blogs
A day in Washington DC
Washington DC
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. ...
Shabbat
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 ...
Challah baking and assembly
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 ...
State House of Maryland, Naval Academy
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 ...
Israel Connection Day
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, ...
Jewish strength day and university (plus a baseball game)
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 ...
Warm welcomes and getting to know Baltimore
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 ...
Extreme Gratitude
Dear Lyndall and Mykenzie,
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for your invaluable help and support as our mentors. Your presence and commitment to our school ...
Shabbat Shalom Dear Poland and Farewell
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 ...
Now reporting from Warsaw
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 ...
Goodbye Kraków… Hello Warsaw.
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 ...
Dziękuję – Thank You
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 ...
Creating Loving Relationships Across Borders
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 ...
Today in Kraków
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 ...
New York New York
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 ...
Shabbat for all
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 ...
Well being for ourselves and those affected by the war
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, ...
Student teaching, leadership and combating antisemitism
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 ...
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A day in Washington DC
Washington DC
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. ...
Shabbat
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 ...
Challah baking and assembly
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 ...
State House of Maryland, Naval Academy
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 ...
Israel Connection Day
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, ...
Jewish strength day and university (plus a baseball game)
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 ...
Warm welcomes and getting to know Baltimore
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 ...
Extreme Gratitude
Dear Lyndall and Mykenzie,
We would like to express our heartfelt gratitude for your invaluable help and support as our mentors. Your presence and commitment to our school ...
Shabbat Shalom Dear Poland and Farewell
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 ...
Now reporting from Warsaw
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 ...
Goodbye Kraków… Hello Warsaw.
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 ...
Dziękuję – Thank You
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 ...
Creating Loving Relationships Across Borders
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 ...
Today in Kraków
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 ...
New York New York
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 ...
Shabbat for all
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 ...
Well being for ourselves and those affected by the war
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, ...
Student teaching, leadership and combating antisemitism
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 ...