Editor’s note: I truly love when our amazing writer Sam Spector does a series on a country I haven’t visited yet, and really don’t know much about. I hadn’t even known Lublin existed before reading this piece, and now it is on my future Poland itinerary. For more of Sam’s writing, click here to visit…
Editor’s note: I have never been to Poland. But as a Jew, I feel a connection to a place where so many of my people lived - and died. As an aside, if after reading this powerful piece by Sam Spector you want to immerse even more in the events of the Warsaw Ghetto, Mila…
Editor’s note: I have never been to Poland, partially for practical reasons as it is harder to reach from Western Europe, and partially for emotional reasons due to the concentration camps here. But I recognize the importance of visiting, and Sam’s articles (you’ll read more soon) are certainly inspirational. For more of Sam Spector’s amazing…
Editor's note: this was a hard piece for me to edit. I've never been to Auschwitz, but have visited a concentration camp in southern France. It was a haunting experience for me as a person and as a Jew, and I can only imagine what a journey to this place would be for me. I…