ABIPE 2024: Post 5
Good morning from day four here in the beautiful city of Warsaw! Today after breakfast, we drove to the Taube Center for a screening of "The Zoo-Keeper's Wife." It offers a great cinematic glimpse of life here in Warsaw during the Nazi regime, and it is especially interesting to compare Hollywood's version of the villa and its grounds to the real-life experience we had on Friday.
Our next stop of the day was at the Oyneg Shabbos exhibit at the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute! Many of us know the stories of the armed resistance that took place against the Nazis during the heroic Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but this exhibit showcases a different type of response: intellectual resistance. The title of the exhibit - “What we’ve been unable to shout out to the world” - is a quote from the last will of David Graber, a 19-year-old resident of the Warsaw Ghetto who hid many of these documents underground to enable their preservation. These documents help historians tell the truth of what happened here. In this day and age of denialism - both Holocaust denial and, shockingly, even the flagrant, shameful, and shocking denial of the reality and scope of October 7 (despite real-time documentation posted by the terrorists themselves) - this exhibit is a powerful reminder of the absolute imperative to preserve and defend truthful historical memory. This site’s scope was also something students appreciated: because it focused very specifically on items from a distinct period of time, students felt able to really dig into the personal letters and photos that formed the heart of the experience.
Our final stop of the day before returning back to the hotel was pierogi-making with teens from the Warsaw BBYO! The food here in Warsaw has been, from my perspective, nothing short of fantastic. But even better is the fact that our students were able to do this activity with Jewish teens here. All the accolades for this activity go to Dr. Rothstein and the great folks at the Taube Center. Taube worked so hard to pull off this kosher, allergy-friendly, and gluten-free activity! It was so inclusive and really such a huge success. This senior trip is expert-led at every level!
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Our next stop of the day was at the Oyneg Shabbos exhibit at the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute! Many of us know the stories of the armed resistance that took place against the Nazis during the heroic Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, but this exhibit showcases a different type of response: intellectual resistance. The title of the exhibit - “What we’ve been unable to shout out to the world” - is a quote from the last will of David Graber, a 19-year-old resident of the Warsaw Ghetto who hid many of these documents underground to enable their preservation. These documents help historians tell the truth of what happened here. In this day and age of denialism - both Holocaust denial and, shockingly, even the flagrant, shameful, and shocking denial of the reality and scope of October 7 (despite real-time documentation posted by the terrorists themselves) - this exhibit is a powerful reminder of the absolute imperative to preserve and defend truthful historical memory. This site’s scope was also something students appreciated: because it focused very specifically on items from a distinct period of time, students felt able to really dig into the personal letters and photos that formed the heart of the experience.
Our final stop of the day before returning back to the hotel was pierogi-making with teens from the Warsaw BBYO! The food here in Warsaw has been, from my perspective, nothing short of fantastic. But even better is the fact that our students were able to do this activity with Jewish teens here. All the accolades for this activity go to Dr. Rothstein and the great folks at the Taube Center. Taube worked so hard to pull off this kosher, allergy-friendly, and gluten-free activity! It was so inclusive and really such a huge success. This senior trip is expert-led at every level!
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