Stepping up for Israel
Stepping up for Israel
By Sami Rahamim | August 9, 2024 – The Hebrew word Yisrael carries three distinct meanings: Eretz Yisrael (Land of Israel), Medinat Yisrael (State of Israel), and Am Yisrael (People of Israel). I recently returned from 24 remarkable days in Israel. Breathing the air of Eretz Yisrael, wrestling with the complex and contradictory realities of Medinat Yisrael, and connecting with the beauty, diversity, pain, and resolve of Am Yisrael was exactly the medicine I needed.
Read MoreHere’s Why The Tankenoffs, Vikings, and Allianz Fund Holocaust Education In MN
Here’s Why The Tankenoffs, Vikings, and Allianz Fund Holocaust Education In MN
July 31, 2024 – A few years ago, Laura Zelle was seeking out Holocaust education trips to Europe for Minnesota K-12 teachers when she realized that there weren’t many options. “There was really a need for an experiential, professional development opportunity, rooted in factual history – and what is better than taking people to the place where this occurred?” she said. So Zelle decided the JCRC should do its own Europe trip.
Read MoreNothing Was Easy About This Trip, Except for One Realization
Nothing Was Easy About This Trip, Except for One Realization
July 9, 2024 – It’s hard to know where to begin. The Power of Place is not an easy trip. We knowingly take people to the most horrendous sights of mass killings they will ever see and hope it sparks a commitment to teaching about Holocaust history.
Read MoreIn Berlin, Teachers Grapple With Inner Workings of Nazi Machine
In Berlin, Teachers Grapple With Inner Workings of Nazi Machine
photo: Lev Gringauz – TC Jewfolk This blog was written on JCRC’s Power of Place educators institute in Europe – an experiential professional development for teachers where learning unfolds as they tour historical sites across Europe in order to transform ...
Read MoreThree Differently Powerful Places
Three Differently Powerful Places
Photo: Lev Gringauz – TC Jewfolk This blog was written on JCRC’s Power of Place educators institute in Europe – an experiential professional development for teachers where learning unfolds as they tour historical sites across Europe in order to transform ...
Read MoreMN Senate Judiciary Committee on Antisemitism at the U of M
MN Senate Judiciary Committee on Antisemitism at the U of M
June 26, 2024 – Senator Ron Latz, Chair of the MN Senate Judiciary Committee, held a public hearing on the pattern of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish incidents at the University of Minnesota.
Read MoreOur Roads Will Meet One Day
Our Roads Will Meet One Day
Photo: Lev Gringauz – TC Jewfolk This blog was written on JCRC’s Power of Place educators institute in Europe – an experiential professional development for teachers where learning unfolds as they tour historical sites across Europe in order to transform ...
Read MoreThe Emotional Weight of Place
The Emotional Weight of Place
Photo: Lev Gringauz – TC Jewfolk This blog was written on JCRC’s Power of Place educators institute in Europe – an experiential professional development for teachers where learning unfolds as they tour historical sites across Europe in order to transform ...
Read MoreBirdsong for Our People
Birdsong for Our People
Photo: Lev Gringauz – TC Jewfolk This blog was written on JCRC’s Power of Place educators institute in Europe – an experiential professional development for teachers where learning unfolds as they tour historical sites across Europe in order to transform ...
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