Education – Page 17 – tangential travel

May 18, 2016May 23, 2016

Global Shtetlnet Project – An Update

Our goal is to connect teachers and students at:

Jewish Day Schools
Tolerance Education Centre Schools (TEC) in Lithuania
ORT schools in the FSU
other similar educational institutions in the Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe

How:

by sharing stories of Jewish life both past and present
focus on the shtetl and kehilla
exchange of ideas and projects
small peer groups of students
extending to a wider group
no extra resources required by schools

Our list of participating schools:

Australia:
Moriah College, Sydney

Lithuania:
Atzalynas High School in Kedainiai
Kalvarijos High School in Kalvarija
Solomo Aleichemo ORT School in Vilnius

Moldova:
Technological Lycee ORT. BZ Herzl, Kishinev

South Africa:
United Herzlia Schools

King David Victory Park

Ukraine:
NVK #141 ORT Kiev

Technical assistance is provided by Steve Sherman of Living Maths in Cape Town: http://www.livingmaths.com

If you would like to join our group and for further information, contact

Eli Rabinowitz

Some videos from the students:

Two animated videos on the topic of the Holocaust, made by ORT high school students in Kiev.

Every year they discuss this topic using creative works of the students.

The film “Butterflies do not live in ghetto” based on the poem, written in 1942 by one of the Shoah’s victims – Paul Friedman.

The film “The dream about the theatre” is the project work in the preparation for the trip “Masa Shorashim” in Poland this year.

Journey To The Roots 2015 Маса Шорашим 2015

A video of the Kishinev ORT school students Masa Shorashim visit to Lithuania and Poland in 2015.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pLXdbW8fUQc

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March 1, 2016

Protecting Our Litvak Heritage

Two weeks ago I spoke on Litvaks on the Move at the Claremont Wynberg Shul in Cape Town:

This week I presented the Perth version of this Litvaks on the Move slideshow at the WA Jewish Historical & Genealogical Society at Noranda Shul.

Perth:

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Some slides from the show:

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I included slides from my recent trip to South Africa where I visited the Kaplan Centre and Gitlin Library in Cape Town and the Archives and Friends of the Beth Hatsutsoth in Johannesburg.

I also visited the Liliesleaf Museum in Rivonia.

One of highlights was the 4½ walking tour of Doornfontein run by Ishvara Dhyan.

Posts to follow.

At the end of my presentation, Sue Levy presented me with a certificate and the customary book was donated to our local genealogical society library on my behalf.

I was blown away by what book Sue chose!

The title is “Preserving Our Litvak Heritage”, something I have been passionately working on for a while now. The name of the author – Josef Rosin z”l.

In June last year, I noticed that the Birzh KehilaLink had not been updated for long time. I made some enquiries and found out that this website had been compiled by Josef Rosin, who had passed away in Israel in the previous November. When I showed interest in adopting the Birzh site, I was asked by Joel Alpert if I would be happy to adopt 25 others, all the work of late Josef Rosin.

http://elirab.me/litvak-portal/kehilalinks/

I have spent the last eight months updating these Lithuania kehilalinks, the work that Josef Rosin had done so brilliantly over so many years!

A tribute by Joel Alpert to Josef Rosin:

http://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/birzai/Joseph_Rosin.html

I have previously corresponded with Joel in early 2014. He wanted to use my image of broken matsevot at the Brest Fort for the cover of the new Brest Yizkor book. That photo was one of the slides I used in my Litvaks on the Move presentation – eerie or what!

February 12, 2016April 29, 2016

Herzlia – Atzalyno Bridges

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My Litvak Powerpoint slides

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February 10, 2016February 10, 2016

Litvak Hangout with Cape Town & Kedainiai: A Unique Event!

On 11 February 2016, a unique event will take place!

Two quite different schools on opposite sides of the world, will link up in a Litvak Hangout.

A joint session between students of Herzlia, the Jewish Day School in Cape Town, South Africa and those of Atzalyno Gimnazija, a high school in Kedainiai, Lithuania will be held at 11am South African and Lithuanian time.

Eli Rabinowitz will make some introductory comments about Jews of Lithuania and South Africa and how the Litvaks got to SA.

Three of the Lithuanian students will talk about the Jewish history, the importance of Kedainiai and the Jewish sites in the town.

Three Herzlia students will talk about their Lithuanian heritage, their family shtetl, and when and how their family came to SA.

And then we will talk about the future!

Click here for the link to watch this event live on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/dvnv7q6arAY

Several people around the world have been working hard to make this event happen:

Laima Ardaviciene, the English teacher at Atzalyno in Kedainiai

Mark Helfrich, Curriculum Head at United Herzlia Schools, Cape Town

Steve Sherman, Chief Imagination Officer at Living Maths, Cape Town

Eli Rabinowitz, Perth Australia.

Read more about Eli’s bond with Atzalyno:

http://elirab.me/australia/my-bond-with-atzalyno-gimnazija-a-school-in-kedainiai-2/

February 8, 2016

My Talk At Claremont Wynberg Shul, Cape Town

January 14, 2016April 30, 2016

The Jews Of Krakes School Project

One day last May, I visited two schools in Lithuania, one in Kedainiai, the other in nearby Krakes.

I was able to see the outstanding work two teachers have been doing in educating young Lithuanian students on the Jewish history of their towns.

I have previously written about my special morning in Kedainiai with the students of Atzalyno Gimnazija.

Click below for my report:

My bond with Atzalyno Gimnazija, a school in Kedainiai

Later that day, Atzalyno’s English teacher, Laima Ardaviciene and I visited the small town of Krakes.

We met the history teacher, Robertas Dubinka at the Krakes Community Centre where he spoke about the Jews of Krakes and the school project he had led.

In 2002 Robertas and his students at the Mikalojaus Katkaus Gimnazija undertook a project in which they interviewed some Jewish residents of Krakes, who have since passed away. This project was translated into English and submitted to Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Centre in Jerusalem. Robertas went to Jerusalem to make the presentation.

Laima and Robertas outside the Krakes Community Centre

A short video of Robertas talking about the Jews of Krakes

Buildings of Krakes

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Mikalojaus Katkaus Gimnazija

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Some pages from the 2002 project

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Robertas with some pages from the report

The Jewish houses on the map of Krakes

More about the Jewish aspects of Krakes

My post on my Virtual Heritage Tour on JewishGen.org:

Mikalojaus Katkaus Gimnazija’s website:

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January 8, 2016January 8, 2016

Carmel School Tops The State

Good news for those who support and attend Carmel School in Perth.

It was the top school in the 2015 league table, just announced.

Something to consider for those parents thinking of moving their children to a non Jewish private school!

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School’s website: carmel.wa.edu.au