Shabbat shalom

Today we ( everyone participating with bbyo)did a Walking tour of the Warsaw Ghetto and learned about the uprisings. The Warsaw ghetto contained approximately 30,000 Jews during its operation and less then 300 people survived.Later in the evening, we meet some polish Jewish teenagers. One of them lives right next to the only remaining wall of the ghetto and told us, that though it is a reminder of our people's past we need to move on with our lives. It was interesting to see how jews living in poland felt regarding the holocaust. She also said that whenever she goes to a camp she can't go with a group, since it is too personal and is still hard to comprehend the tragedy.

the memorial for the Umschlagplatz, the Gathering place before transfer to Treblinka Death Camp was also viewed today, before heading to a Jewish cemetery . We were suppose to due a Clean-up project in Warsaw’s old Jewish Cemetery but, ended up just touring it and learning about the drawings on the grave stones and the history of certain people buried there due to the snow.

I feel like the best part of the day for me was when me and a couple of others from my bus lead a memorial service in front of the Polish Jewish museum (that is under construction) for all 3 bbyo buses. Our services main idea revolved around the Jews making difficult choices to join in the uprisings and the Judenrat . As well as resistance in general regarding the holocaust. Me and a girl on my bus read a poem together in the service that I will post since it was really interesting.


I will also post some pictures taken at the ghetto, the cemetery and during Shabbat.