Poland and Israel – 100 and 70 years anniversaries

Today we had a workshop on history: polish and israeli history of the years since the proclamation of the Israeli state and Poland regaining independence. It was fun to find out that both countries have such an important anniversary this year. Both countries have histories that go back for many years more but still 1918 and 1948 were of exceptional importance. For Poland it meant regaining an independent state after more than 100 years – for Israel it meant to establish a country, where - for the first time in hundreds of years - every Jew would be welcome. Many of the first citizens of Israel had come from Poland and ever since then the histories of the two countries were in close contact. We looked ad the stamp issued on occasion of these anniversaries and discussed, which other motifs could have been used.

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Kibbutz EIN HAROD

The day in Kibbutz What is Kibbutz? How does it look like? Every student imagined the place differently. Before coming to Israel we had a lesson with our teacher of history. He told us some information about the landmarks, historical places and unusual sights in Israel which we are going to visit. One of them was Kibbutz. Many Jews who came to Israel after the II WW they did not have any place to live. They set up their small communities. They resemble tiny towns or villages with amenities such as a hospital, a shop, a bank, a canteen, laundry, a diary. They even grow vegetables and keep farm animals. They are like one big family. The first kibbutz - Deganja - founded in 1910, is located near the Lake of Tiberias in Galilee. Another well-known one named “Ghetto fightery,” was created in 1949 by Jews who had survived in Ghetto Uprising in Warsaw. The kibbutz our group visited was Ein Harod. We met there a mother-in-law of Mr Kfir (teacher from Israel)- ...

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HISTORY, DESERT AND THE PEOPLE

Wednesday started with a quick ''getting ready'' and packing up the bags as we were leaving the hostel in Haifa to travel to the south of the country. Our first stop was in the holocaust museum Yad Vashem , where a tour guide was waiting for us. It was one of the most interesting tours we could probably imagine as well as one of the most depressing. Most of us couldn't hold the tears when we got to the memorial dedicated to the childen killed during the Shoah. Then we went to Jerusalem but we didn't get a chance to walk into the acient city because of some serious weather issues. We just got some quick photos of the unbelievably beautiful view of the town. The rest of the day we spent in the coach traveling through the Negev desert and running away from the storm and once more we stopped to take some pictures of an amazing wonder of nature. In the evening we eventually made it to Ejlat, ate supper and went to bed. But before going to sleep some...

A living bridge Haifa-Dzierżoniów

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