Hope you all had a good weekend! Our week has been crazy! After waking up at 4:15am on Wednesday, July 13th, in the Beduin tent, we got ready for our very busy day. We had a quick breakfast of sweetened tea and crackers to give us enough energy to start our day with a twenty [...]

Over the few days we have been in Kraków, Poland learning about the Jewish Quarter, the people, and the history during the Holocaust of the city. The first night we celebrated Shabbat at an Orthodox Synagogue that is over 500 years old. The rituals were interesting as everything was in Hebrew and the men and [...]

We are officially over a week into our program, but it definitely feels like we have been together for much longer as we have had a packed schedule. All of our participants have enjoyed that the program has relaxed a bit more because Shabbat was this passed weekend. This allowed our group to reflect on [...]

Thursday was all about connection and Jewish identity – To walk alongside teens, dignitaries, and adults from 42 countries, approximately 10,000 strong, it was truly a reaffirming and prideful moment for all of us.

Yesterday, the group toured the Auschwitz and Birkenau camps, located in the town area of Osweicem, 37 miles west of Krakow. We visited the only original synagogue left in the town and learned that the community was 80% Jewish before the Holocaust.

BBYO’s National Teen Delegation arrived safely and started their journey in Krakow. The group toured the Jewish Quarter of Kazimierz, the symbol of the wealthy and prominent Jews who had lived in Krakow for hundreds of years. In the area are numerous synagogues and old and renovated Jewish institutions.

More than 160 teens making up BBYO’s National Teen Delegation to the March of the Living are on their way to Poland this evening. The teens have high expectations for their upcoming journey.