After having had our first day to teach we now all feel much more comfortable and confident. We were all really nervous before today as it was the first time to have taught in another country.
BT students sharing their love of the school
Thank ...
What a fantastic day we have had. We all are so grateful to our dearest colleagues for showing us all the famous and memorable places in Washington. Beginning with the fantastic White House and all ...
Arriving at Dulles Airport
We have arrived. We were all so excited to be here. Our journey was really pleasant and successful. Thanks for our dearest hosts , Glynis and Alan we had our first dinner in an authentic place, in Silver ...
Shabbat has never been something that was observed in my household. I am aware of what it means and some of what it entails, but it is not a regular part of my life. Because of this, I was somewhat ...
As the sun sets on our last day in Budapest, I huddle in the frigid air with my Beth Tfiloh colleagues on the east bank of the Danube River as we say goodbye to Shabbat. The moment should be – and ...
I don’t think that I’ve ever had a week like the one that just finished and I suspect that most teachers haven’t. I had a chance to travel to a beautiful and exotic sounding city, Budapest, and ...
I was full of conflicted emotions on the last day of our program in Budapest. We spent a good portion of the late afternoon and evening on Saturday walking around the city, learning about the history ...
It’s not often that I get to attend a Shabbat dinner led by my cohort and friend (and roommate for this trip), Rabbi Mordechai Soskil. An infectious sense of humor and a passion for Judaism are ...
Today I met someone I truly admire. The truth is, I’m a pretty critical guy; I tend to start by seeing people’s faults. After I get to know them I usually find something that I like or some aspect ...
This morning we visited the Hungary Jewish Museum, which is in the process of extensive renovation. The museum wanted us, as typical tourists and as educators, to serve as a focus group and give them ...
The Scheiber Sandor school is closed today and tomorrow, so we dedicated our day to learning about the Budapest Jewish community. After spending three days teaching students, many of whom want to leave ...
As teachers, we can easily become attached to our school community, and I know I speak for the rest of my cohorts when I say that we were missing the Scheiber Sándor community immensely on Thursday ...
The running joke among the Beth Tfiloh group in Budapest is that any time I see a dog walking along the street, sitting at a crosswalk, waiting for a traffic light to change or playing in the park, ...
On day three of our visit to the Scheiber Sandor Gimnaziyum I had the class that I had been dreading since I first saw my schedule. I was assigned to a 5th grade Hebrew language class. Now keep in ...
After two days I feel there’s enough water under the bridge (the chain bridge of course) here in Budapest to circle back to my 1st blog, which voiced my concerns about adolescents losing the spark ...
Today was our first day here not working at Scheiber Sandor. I had anticipated feeling more touristy now that we are no longer going to work all day, but this was not the case. I have traveled a lot, ...
It has been a long and wonderful final day with the Scheiber Sandor kids. It’s 10:15pm and I am only getting to the blog now, so tonight’s will be short and sweet. But there were two things that ...
My first group of students for the day are the seniors of the school – Grade 13, and much like the 12th grade students at Beth Tfiloh, this is a very stressful time in their lives. My plan had been ...
I am 48 years old and I have never overslept and been late for work—until today.
We are supposed to meet in the lobby at 7:45 to board the bus to take us to the Scheiber Sandor School. At 7:47 my phone ...
“If you make music and no one listens to it, is there any reason to make music?”
This was a question I received from one of the students at Scheiber Sándor. It’s not too dissimilar from the ...
