Poland Trip Application
October 18-22
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.
Poland Trip Sample Spring Itinerary
THURSDAY
- Meeting at Ben Gurion Airport
- Departure from Tel Aviv LOT
- Arrival in Warsaw
- Tour of the Warsaw Ghetto, Umschlagplatz Plaza, Mila-18, Ghetto Wall, Story of the Uprising
- Lunch in Warsaw
- Bus to Treblinka Extermination Camp
- Night in Lublin
FRIDAY
- Tour of Maidanek Concentration Camp
- Grave of Hasidic Master Reb Elimelekh of Lezansk
- Bus to Krakow
- Arrival in Krakow
- Pre-Shabbat Lchaims, Prayer Services, Friday Night Dinner, and Oneg Shabbat
SATURDAY
- Optional Shabbat Morning Services
- Kazmierz Jewish Quarter Tour
- Lunch
- Krakow Ghetto, Market Square/Wawel
- Dinner and Havdala
- Special Nighttime Activity, Preparation for Auschwitz/Birkenau
- Overnight in Krakow
SUNDAY
- Bus to Auschwitz/Birkenau Concentration Camp & Special Ceremony
- Dinner & Closing Session
- Departure from Krakow LOT to Warsaw
- Departure from Warsaw LOT to Tel Aviv
MONDAY
- Arrive Tel Aviv
POLAND MISSION Sample FALL Itinerary
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18th
- PM – Flights leave from Europe to Warsaw
- Rendezvous & Overnight in Warsaw
THURSDAY OCTOBER 19th
- Flight leaves Tel Aviv
- Bus to Lublin and tour of Majdanek Concentration Camp
- Grave of Hasidic Master Rabbi Elimelekh of Lizansk
- Restored Lancut Synagogue
- Dinner and Overnight in Krakow
FRIDAY OCTOBER 20th
- Tour of Auschwitz/Birkenau Concentration Camps & Special Ceremony
- Pre-Shabbat Lchaims, Candlelighting, Prayer Services, Friday Night Dinner, and Oneg Shabbat
- Overnight in Krakow
SATURDAY OCTOBER 21st
- Optional Shabbat Morning Services
- Kazimierz Jewish Quarter Tour
- Shabbat Lunch
- Exploring the Krakow Ghetto, Wawel Castle & Market Square
- Havdala and Dinner
- Surprise Nighttime Stop
- Bus to and overnight in Warsaw
SUNDAY OCTOBER 22nd
- Bus to Treblinka Extermination Camp
- Tour of the Warsaw Ghetto, Umschlagplatz Plaza, Mila-18, Ghetto Wall, Story of the Uprising
- Closing Session
- PM Return Flights to Europe and 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