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Scotland

Luton Airport to Glasgow

Luton Airport – Wikipedia
London Luton Airport

Glasgow

Our hosts, Shula & Philip Spain

Glasgow – Wikipedia
Glasgow

Train to Ayr

Ayr – Wikipedia

Meeting David Sim

A drive around Ayr

Meeting Dorrith Sim’s family

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Train to Edinburgh

Edinburgh – Wikipedia
Edinburgh (, ED-in-bər-ə;[3][4][5] Scots: [ˈɛdɪnbʌrə]; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann [t̪un ˈeːtʲən̪ˠ]) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh had a population of 506,520 in 2020,[6] making it the second-most populous city in Scotland and the seventh-most populous in the United Kingdom. The wider metropolitan area had a population of 912,490 in the same year.[7]

Edinburgh Royal Mile

Royal Mile – Wikipedia
55°57′02″N 3°11′08″W / 55.95056°N 3.18556°W

St Giles Cathedral

St Giles’ Cathedral – Wikipedia
Cathair-eaglais Naomh Giles

More Royal Mile

Edinburgh Castle

Edinburgh Castle – Wikipedia
Edinburgh Castle dominates the Old Town

The National Gallery

Scottish National Gallery – Wikipedia
The National (formerly the Scottish National Gallery) is the national art gallery of Scotland. It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street. The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859.[2]

The Walter Scott Memorial

Scott Monument – Wikipedia
The Scott Monument is a Victorian Gothic monument to Scottish author Sir Walter Scott. It is the second-largest monument to a writer in the world after the José Martí monument in Havana.[1] It stands in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh, opposite the former Jenners building on Princes Street and near Edinburgh Waverley Railway Station, which is named after Scott’s Waverley novels.

Back to Glasgow

Sharmanka

Sharmanka Kinetic Gallery – Wikipedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

GarnetHill Synagogue

Garnethill Synagogue – Wikipedia
The Garnethill Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogues located in Garnethill, Glasgow, Scotland, in the United Kingdom. Completed in 1881, the historic synagogue is considered the ‘cathedral synagogue’ of Scotland.[1]

The Scottish Jewish Archives Centre

Scottish Jewish Archives Centre – Wikipedia
The Scottish Jewish Archives Centre (SJAC) is the largest repository of items relating to Jewish migration to Scotland and life in Scotland.[1] It aims to document and illustrate the religious, organisational, social, economic, political, cultural and family life of Jews in Scotland from the 18th century to the present-day in order to heighten awareness – and to stimulate study of – the country’s Jewish heritage.[2][3]

Leaving Garnethill

To Kelvingrove

Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum – Wikipedia
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is a museum and art gallery in Glasgow, Scotland, managed by Glasgow Museums. The building is located in Kelvingrove Park in the West End of the city, adjacent to Argyle Street. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is one of Scotland’s most popular museums and free visitor attractions.[2]

Train to Manchester

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Hofgeismar Germany

Julia Drinnenberg

The drive with Beate Lehrmann

Hofgeismar – Wikipedia
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With Beate & Julia

Julia has been an amazing source of material on Dorrith Sim and In My Pocket

A tour of the Hofgeismar Stadtmuseum with Julia

Our return to Kassel by train

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A special thank you to Birgit Ruhl for her kindness

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Bad Arolsen

With Beate and Ernst

Looking for Hercules!

Hercules monument (Kassel) – Wikipedia
The Hercules monument is a landmark in the German city of Kassel. It is located in the Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe (Wilhelmshöhe Mountainpark) in northern Hesse, Germany.
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Presentation by Franzisca Schubert

International center on the Nazi era – Arolsen Archives
The world’s most comprehensive archive on the victims & survivors of the Nazi era ✓UNESCO’s Memory of the World ✓research & education ▶Find out more!

A walk around Bad Arolsen & lunch with Ernst & Beate

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London IAJGS Conference 2023

30 July – 3 August 2023

Sunday 30 July

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The Park Plaza – IAJGS Conference. First In-Person meeting in 4 years!

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IAJGS Directors’ Board Meeting 

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Some veterans

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At the end of the first day!

Back to Northwick Park

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Monday 31 July – Day 2 

With Geraldine Auerbach at Northwick Park Tube Station. On our way to the IAJGS conference

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At the conference

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Presentations

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Our CHOL presentation

 

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The Presentation

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On our way home!

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Monday 1 August – Day 2

Meryl Frank’s presentation

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My second presentation

Resources for the presentation:

Holocaust Teaching Resources

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Meeting Stephen Smith & Bea Lewkowicz

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Perth March 2014:

Today in Perth started off with morning tea at the State Library of Western Australia with my mining experts, historian Lenore Layman, Richard Hartley (who just completed “Westralian Founders of 20th Century Mining,”) and Peta Chappelle, whose PhD thesis on “Merton’s Reward” explored the involvement of Charles Kaufman (Ken’s Baden-born great great uncle) in the Western Australian mining boom in the 1890s. They brought me the kinds of goodies genealogists love & suggested new avenues of research. Thanks to Michelle Urban from the local JGS for arranging this & providing lunch with the effervescent Eli Rabinowitz followed by a tour of Perth.

 

Tuesday 2 August – Day 3

Crossing Westminster Bridge

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Meeting Laura Konviser

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Enjoying the London weather!

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The 4th and final day – 3 August

The Imperial War Museum,  Lambeth

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Back to the Park Plaza for the end of the conference

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Back to Northwick Park

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Glasgow Scotland

27 July 2023

Meeting Susan Hodgins, Dorrith Sim’s daughter. We walk up the road to the Garnethill Synagogue.

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Meeting Harvey Kaplan, Director of the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre

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Glasgow Garnet Hill Synagogue - Google Search
The first Jewish community in Glasgow can be traced back to c1821. By the 1870s, the community numbered around 1,000 and looked to build a permanent synagogue…

 

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The Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre Glasgow - Google Search
The Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre is based in Garnethill Synagogue, the first purpose-built synagogue in Scotland and a beautiful Category A listed building…

Meeting Deborah Haase, the educator

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Singl-end Cafe & Bakehouse Garnethill - Google Search
Bohemian joint serving a wide array of creative dishes, homemade breads, cocktails and coffees.

Lunch with Steven Anson of Gathering The Voices

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Walk to down to the city

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The Corinthian Club Glasgow - Google Search
Situated in the heart of Merchant City in the former city judiciary courts, The Corinthian Club houses Teller’s Bar & Brasserie, Live Nightclub and Charlie…

 

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Queen Street Station Glasgow - Google Search
Glasgow Queen Street (GLQ) ... Travel shop located on the main concourse of the station, near the Dundas Street entrance/exit. ... There are no First Class Lounge…

Buying my ticket for travel to Edinburgh

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Glasgow Central Railway Station - Google Search
Glasgow Central (Scottish Gaelic: Glaschu Mheadhain) is one of two principal mainline rail terminals in Glasgow, Scotland. The railway station was opened by…

Meeting David Sim

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The Buttery Glasgow - Google Search
Established in 1870, The Buttery stands as one of Scotland’s most beloved and renowned restaurants and is thought to be Glasgow’s oldest culinary establishment.

 

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The Easy Hotel Glasgow - Google Search
If you’re after cheap stays in Glasgow, then easyHotel is one of the best budget hotels in Glasgow for a value-for-money city break. Located near Glasgow…

Back to the Easy Hotel

 

 

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Israel Jerusalem – Day 7

25 July 2023

Train to Jerusalem

Tel Aviv to Jerusalem Train - Google Search
The easiest and most convenient way to travel between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem is the new rapid train, which has been operating since 2019.

Hagana Station

Haganah Train Station - Google Search
Tel Aviv HaHagana railway station is a major railway station on the Ayalon Railway in southern Tel Aviv, Israel, serving most lines of Israel Railways.

Jerusalem Station

Jerusalem Train Station - Google Search
Construction of the station began in 2007 and was completed in 2018 at a cost of about NIS 500 million (appx. US$140 million). 2,674,840 passengers boarded or…

Bus to Givat Shaul

Givat Shaul - Google Search
Givat Shaul is a neighborhood in West Jerusalem. The neighborhood is located at the western entrance to the city, east of the neighborhood of Har Nof and…

Cousin Nachum Stepansky

With Nachi and Eytan

Lunch with Tony Sacks near Mahane Yehuda

Back up the hill to the train station

Jerusalem Light Rail - Google Search
Jerusalem Light Rail is a light rail system in Jerusalem. Currently, the Red Line is the only one in operation, the first of several light rail lines…

Mount Herzl - Google Search
Mount Herzl also Har ha-Zikaron is the site of Israel’s national cemetery and other memorial and educational facilities, found on the west side of Jerusalem…

Yad Vashem - Google Search
Thematic and Chronological Narrative ... About the Holocaust explores the history of the Holocaust thematically and chronologically. Each chapter in the narrative…

International School For Holocaust Studies - Google Search
Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies (ISHS), established in 1993, focuses upon – and excels in – providing quality Holocaust education to…

 

Yad Vashem Archives - Google Search
In 1953, the Israeli Knesset enacted the Yad Vashem Law, which determined that among its other missions, the task of Yad Vashem is “to collect, examine and…

With Karin Dengler

Jaffa Gate – Google Search
The name Jaffa Gate is currently used for both the historical Ottoman gate from 1538, and for the wide gap in the city wall adjacent to it to the south. The old… 

The Hurva Synagogue - Google Search
In 1864, the Perushim rebuilt the synagogue, and although officially named the Beis Yaakov Synagogue, it retained its name as the Hurva. It became Jerusalem’s…

 

The Kotel - Google Search
A source of inspiration and prayer to connect the Jewish people from generation to generation ... The sacred western wall is the closest you’ll get to our jewish…

Back to the Station by bus

The train back to Tel Aviv

 

 

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In My Pocket – Update from England

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In My Pocket Project – Introduces a powerful family story to 9 to 11 year olds
From: Eli Rabinowitz
Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2023 01:38:14 EDT

In My Pocket Project – an autobiographical picture story and related art workshop about the Kindertransport
 
Introduces a powerful family story to 9 to 11 year olds
Dorrith Sim was born Jewish, went on the Kindertransport in July 1939, and was fostered by non-Jewish people in Scotland.
Her parents were murdered in Auschwitz. She commemorated each year with a yahrzeit candle.
Most importantly, Dorrith wrote a children’s book, age appropriate for 9 to 11 year olds, to tell her true story, explaining how she went from the discrimination as a Jew in Germany to the kindness of people in Scotland. Dorrith’s family story speaks powerfully to all young children today.
Dorrith’s children in Scotland, the Scottish Jewish Archives, Gathering Voices in Glasgow, Points of Arrival at the University of Edinburgh, the Stadmuseum in Hofgeismar, the German Embassy in Canberra and the Hon German Consul in Perth, all have freely provided the resources to the WE ARE HERE! Foundation, to make this project available globally.
Starting this week, the WE ARE HERE! Foundation’s CEO, Eli Rabinowitz, is travelling to Germany, Lithuania, Israel, Scotland and England to further develop these resources. Eli will be presenting at the IAJGS Conference in London at the end of July.
Schools, public libraries and museums are adopting the project, a true life story powerfully introducing the subject of family history to primary school students.
Carmel Primary School in Perth Australia together with the WE ARE HERE! Foundation recently ran the first ever incursion of the project.
The German Embassy in Canberra reports:
 
  Permission to use these photos have been obtained.
The project consists of a book reading, a Q & A session, and an associated art workshop with the students.
Each student gets to take home a free mini pocket book of Dorrith’s true story and their painted artwork.
In addition, the WE ARE HERE! Foundation prints A4 books for school libraries.
The project is also being run in public libraries in Perth and Mandurah as well as the main WA Boola Bardip Museum in Perth.
All five Sydney Jewish Day primary schools are running the project in 2023, as well as non-Jewish schools such as the Montessori School in Perth.
The project has now expanded into South Africa where Herzlia and Weizmann primary schools in Cape Town will run the project this year – the first collaboration with schools outside Australia!
For more details:
Eli Rabinowitz
IAJGS Board Director

 

Examples of pockets the children draw together with their “take aways” from the project.

 
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New Events for Boys and Girls in Mandurah

Book Here – for boys and girls 9+

https://mandurah.wa.gov.au/explore/whats-on/calendar/libraries/in-my-pocket-workshops

About the Event

Keep the kids entertained these school holidays check out our great range of FREE children’s activities available at our libraries.

There’s lots of awesome free activities at your local library.

Designed by the WE ARE HERE! Foundation and supported by the German Embassy in Australia, join a creative and interactive workshop that inspires children to be advocates for human rights.

Participants get to read and watch an uplifting true story and learn about our multicultural communities and diverse backgrounds. This is followed by a creative arts & crafts workshop.

The Foundation aims to teach children about Human Rights, and this inspiring program provides children with the tools for building strengths to deal with our diverse world.

These workshops are aimed at 9 – 11-year-olds.

Mandurah Library
  • 1pm – 2.30pm, Friday 7 July 2023
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Lakelands Library
  • 1pm – 2.30pm, Tuesday 11 July 2023
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Falcon Library
  • 1pm – 2.30pm, Thursday 13 July 2023
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Please note bookings are essential. Please wait for confirmation of your booking before attending the workshop.

See the School Holiday Guide for full details.

We hope you and your kids have a great school holiday!

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