An Asher David Milstein Initiative
Poland Mission Trip Application
For HEB U & TAU students and students studying in Madrid, Barcelona, Rome, & Florence
Dates will be announced once we know the students schedules.
Our Student Mission is led by one of the premier educators of Yad Vashem, Mrs. Hazy Flint. 2 security guards will be traveling with us at all times.
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Total is $750
You will also receive a payment link after you submit the application.
WEDNESDAY
- 415pm Flight leaves Rome
- 755pm Flight leaves Barcelona
- 5pm Flight leaves Madrid
- 515pm Flight leaves Florence
- Rendezvous & Overnight in Warsaw
THURSDAY
- 5am Flight leaves Tel Aviv – TAU/HEBU
- Bus to Lublin and tour of Majdanek Concentration Camp
- Grave of Hasidic Master Rabbi Elimelekh of Lizansk
- Restored Lancut Synagogue
- Surprise Nighttime Stop
- Dinner and Overnight in Krakow
FRIDAY
- Tour of Auschwitz/Birkenau Concentration Camps & Special Ceremony
- Pre-Shabbat Lchaims, Candlelighting, Prayer Services, Friday Night Dinner, and Oneg
Shabbat - Overnight in Krakow
SATURDAY
- Optional Shabbat Morning Services
- Kazimierz Jewish Quarter Tour
- Shabbat Lunch
- Exploring the Krakow Ghetto, Wawel Castle & Market Square
- Havdala and Dinner
- Bus to and overnight in Warsaw
SUNDAY
- Bus to Treblinka Extermination Camp
- Tour of the Warsaw Ghetto, Umschlagplatz Plaza, Mila-18, Ghetto Wall, Story of the Uprising
- Closing Session
- 5pm Flights to Barcelona, Madrid, and Florence
- 7pm Flight to Rome
- 11pm Flight to Tel Aviv
Poems By Taylor Freeman
After her visit to Poland

2 Poems
I think about my future constantly
I think about the man I am going to marry
I think about my career
I think about my home
I think about children
And I think about children innocence, and their hopes and aspirations
I think about their free spirit and curiosity
Today, as I stood in a forrest in the middle of Krakow,
I thought about these children
Yet they are no longer with us
No longer with innocence, and hopes, and aspirations
No longer free spirits, no longer curious
They were not allowed the chance to be or to do
And the trees stood silent, but the stories roared
And the shofar roared
And the mothers roared
All louder than the gunshots
We are louder than gunshots
We are louder than ghettos, and concentration camps, and selections
We are louder. We are resilient. We are forever.
We are Jewish.
– Taylor Freeman
UPENN
Today, I stood in a gas chamber
And I didn’t cry
I saw the ovens
And I didn’t cry
I stood aside graves
And I didn’t cry
We sung next to 7 tons of ashes
And I didn’t cry
I don’t know why I didn’t
I hear large numbers: 6 million Jews, 870,000 at Treblinka, 18,000 in one day at Majdanek
I think comprehension is impossible
When numbers are no longer statistics
But mothers gone, and children separated, and cousins shot dead, and neighbors gassed
And I don’t think I will ever understand
But I think later
I will weep
– Taylor Freeman
UPENN
Jeff Seidel – Poland Trip May 2019
Today, I stood in a gas chamber
And I didn’t cry
I saw the ovens
And I didn’t cry
I stood aside graves
And I didn’t cry
We sung next to 7 tons of ashes
And I didn’t cry
I don’t know why I didn’t
I hear large numbers: 6 million Jews, 870,000 at Treblinka, 18,000 in one day at Majdanek
I think comprehension is impossible
When numbers are no longer statistics
But mothers gone, and children separated, and cousins shot dead, and neighbors gassed
And I don’t think I will ever understand
But I think later
I will weep
– Taylor Freeman
UPENN
Jeff Seidel – Poland Trip May 2019
2 Poems
I think about my future constantly
I think about the man I am going to marry
I think about my career
I think about my home
I think about children
And I think about children innocence, and their hopes and aspirations
I think about their free spirit and curiosity
Today, as I stood in a forrest in the middle of Krakow,
I thought about these children
Yet they are no longer with us
No longer with innocence, and hopes, and aspirations
No longer free spirits, no longer curious
They were not allowed the chance to be or to do
And the trees stood silent, but the stories roared
And the shofar roared
And the mothers roared
All louder than the gunshots
We are louder than gunshots
We are louder than ghettos, and concentration camps, and selections
We are louder. We are resilient. We are forever.
We are Jewish.
– Taylor Freeman
UPENN
Today, I stood in a gas chamber
And I didn’t cry
I saw the ovens
And I didn’t cry
I stood aside graves
And I didn’t cry
We sung next to 7 tons of ashes
And I didn’t cry
I don’t know why I didn’t
I hear large numbers: 6 million Jews, 870,000 at Treblinka, 18,000 in one day at Majdanek
I think comprehension is impossible
When numbers are no longer statistics
But mothers gone, and children separated, and cousins shot dead, and neighbors gassed
And I don’t think I will ever understand
But I think later
I will weep
– Taylor Freeman
UPENN
Jeff Seidel – Poland Trip May 2019