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 ...
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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, ...
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 ...
Letters to JDS
Today I asked my class at Lauder Javne Iskola to write letters to my students at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. Here is a selection from their letters:
“I am too an American Jew. My father came ...
Theme of immigration
With each new class I teach in Budapest, I begin with an opening exercise where I ask each student to write down whatever comes to mind when I mention the following: America or Americans and then Jews ...
Forming bonds
We had such a busy first day: meeting with the US ambassador to Hungary, meeting our partner teachers, teaching our first classes, and touring through Buda. The meeting with the ambassador in the morning ...
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JDS
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, ...
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 ...
Letters to JDS
Today I asked my class at Lauder Javne Iskola to write letters to my students at Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School. Here is a selection from their letters:
“I am too an American Jew. My father came ...
Theme of immigration
With each new class I teach in Budapest, I begin with an opening exercise where I ask each student to write down whatever comes to mind when I mention the following: America or Americans and then Jews ...
Forming bonds
We had such a busy first day: meeting with the US ambassador to Hungary, meeting our partner teachers, teaching our first classes, and touring through Buda. The meeting with the ambassador in the morning ...