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Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/lehman-college-professor-takes-teachers-rural-states-educational-journey-poland-amp-israel-article-1.1063720

Teachers from Rural U.S. on Educational Journey to Poland and Israel

(New York Daily News) Corinne Lestch - 17 teachers from schools across the U.S. are still processing an emotionally powerful trip to Poland and Israel to deepen their understanding of the Holocaust, and bring back their experiences to the classroom. "We're using the Holocaust as a lens to teach social justice, and we wanted to concentrate on teachers who have very little access to resources or survivors," said Sondra Perl, an English professor who helped create the Holocaust Educators Network at Lehman College. "They're addressing local issues in their own home states around injustice, tolerance, bullying, racism. Most of them are not Jewish." "Poland broke my heart, and Israel blew my mind," Perl recalled a teacher from Idaho saying.

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