Saturday, June 28, 2008

On Tour with Ashleigh and Morgan June 27

Friday, June 27th:Group 8 spent the first half of the day in Theresienstadt, a concentration camp located in the Czech Republic. This camp, unlike the others was used as a propaganda tool, or "show camp," where they would invite members of the Red Cross into the camp to dispel rumors about the extermination camps. One unique element that came out of this camp is the tremendous amount of art produced by children and adults. Today there a museum with lots of children's drawings from the camp and the USYers spent plenty of time in the museum viewing these works of art. They watched a movie about the camp, and saw the synagogue that existed there (another piece of evidence that this camp was quite unique). From there they returned to the hotel to prepare for their first Shabbat together. Tonight, the group will daven Kabbalat Shabbat together in the hotel, and tomorrow they will daven at the Jubilee Synagogue, a Conservative shul in Prague where they will learn about the Conservative Movement in Prague. They will spend the afternoon studying Pikei Avot, participating in separate girls and boys bonding programs, and other fun activities. Shabbat Shalom!

it is 3:00 sunday morning in Prague.... I am looking forward to hearing more about what they are doing.

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