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June 25 Arrive Warsaw July 1 Drive to Lublin via Markowa, Lezajsk & Lancut Founded in 1374, Warsaw became Poland’s capital in 1596. Jews first settled in the In Markowa, visit the Ulma Family Museum, acknowledging Poles who helped Jews Dear Friends and soon-to-be Friends, Warsaw area in the 14th century; by 1939, Warsaw’s Jewish population numbered almost hide from Nazis during the Holocaust. Lezajsk is famed for its Jewish cemetery, We’ve got an amazing itinerary planned for this 400,000. Take some time to check into the hotel and freshen up, then enjoy a walking resting place of a revered Hasidic rabbi. Step inside the simple masonry Lancut educational travel tour of Poland. I hope you’ll join me. I am tour of UNESCO-listed Old Warsaw, admiring the powerful Royal Castle, the Market Synagogue, and your eyes are met with a profusion of baroque color and form. a cultural anthropologist who writes and teaches on Square, and the neoclassical Grand Theater. Pay a visit to Nozyk Synagogue, the only one Continue to Lublin. Grand Hotel Lublinianka (B, L, D) migration, memory, loss and identity in the Jewish world. in the city that survived the war, and Grzybowski Square. Polonia Palace Hotel (1D) Poland is a fantastic place to explore all these themes. Our July 2 Lublin During the 15th-16th centuries, Lublin was the site of the largest trade fairs in the travels will take us back in time to understand the rich and June 26 Warsaw Continue your exploration of the city’s Jewish heritage with a visit to the POLIN Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and was a renowned Jewish center, whose yeshiva dynamic 1,000-year history of this important center of the Museum, commemorating the thousand-year history of the Jewish community in Poland. was famous throughout Europe. Some of the remaining Jewish sites that were Jewish world. We’ll grapple with the devastation of the Stop at Genscher Cemetery, Warsaw’s largest Jewish cemetery, and the Heroes of the preserved through World War II and restored include the Grodzka Gate, the Old and Holocaust, and explore how this loss is being remembered Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Monument. Survey the Umschlagplatz, where the Gestapo had New Jewish Cemeteries, the Lublin Academy of Sages, and the renovated synagogue in the Polish landscape today. Jews assemble to be sent to Treblinka. Polonia Palace Hotel (1B, 1L, 1D) in Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, officially reopened in 2007. If you choose, visit the I’m particularly excited about our opportunities for private second-largest Nazi concentration camp in Poland, Majdanek, in operation from 1941 tours and behind-the-scenes conversations with Jewish June 27 Drive to Krakow via Kielce, Chmielnik & Pinczow until 1944. . Grand Hotel Lublinianka (B, D) leaders and professionals dedicated to preserving the past An exploration of Jewish sites in Kielce includes the former synagogue, the tenement at and engaging new, dynamic and complex forms of 7 Planty Street, where the infamous 1946 Kielce Pogrom began, the Jewish Cemetery, July 3 Drive to Warsaw via Kazimierz Dolny community life in Poland today. All of these experiences and the private prayer house of the Zagajski family. In Chmielnik, visit the restored old Discover the remaining Jewish heritage sites in Kazimierz Dolny, including the 18th will be enriched by thoughtful group discussion, which I synagogue, transformed into a state-of-the-art museum that commemorates the history century stone synagogue, now a museum; a lapidarium wall near the old Jewish cem- look forward to facilitating. To top it off, our time in Krakow of Jewish Chmielnik. In Pińczów, discover the beautifully restored 17th century synagogue. etery, created from rescued gravestones, matsevot, which the Nazis knocked down corresponds with the twenty-seventh annual Jewish Check in to the hotel in Krakow and enjoy an independent dinner. Golden Tulip Kazimierz and used to pave the streets; and an old Jewish butcher shop in the middle of the Cultural Festival, one of the largest and best known Hotel (B, L) Maly Rynok. Enjoy a Farewell dinner back in Warsaw. Polonia Palace Hotel (B, D) international Jewish gatherings in the world. June 28-30 Krakow July 4 Depart Warsaw I hope to share all of this with you! Take a walking tour of the Old Town, including Jagiellonian University, among the oldest The journey comes to an end with transfers to the airport for international flight departures. (B) Alanna in Europe, and Wawel Castle, the former seat of Polish kings.Visit the Kazimierz District, a major cultural center of Polish Jewry; the Old Synagogue, or Alte Schul, now the Museum of Jewish History of Krakow; the Remuh Synagogue, one of two still functioning Study Leader: Alanna Cooper, Ph.D. in the old Jewish quarter; and the old Jewish Cemetery, where fragments from ruined tombstones have been pieced into a Wailing Wall. Take a trip to the Martyrdom Museum Alanna Cooper is a cultural anthropologist, and serves Program Highlights at Auschwitz, a ghastly reminder of the consequences of intolerance and cruelty. Head as Director of Jewish Lifelong Learning at Case Western to the Jewish Community Center for Shabbat dinner with the community. Pay a visit to Reserve University. Her publications include Bukharan • Visit POLIN History of Polish Jews Museum, Oscar Schindler’s factory, the site from which Schindler was able to save more than a Jews and the Dynamics of Global Judaism (Indiana commemorating the thousand-year history of the vibrant thousand Jews. Our time in Krakow also corresponds with the Jewish Culture Festival, University Press, 2012), as well as many articles in Jewish community in Poland, not only the tragic war years. one of the largest festivals of its kind in the world. Golden Tulip Kazimierz Hotel (3B, 2L, academic journals and the popular press. Prior to • Admire Pinczow’s 17th century synagogue, beautifully 1D) joining CWRU in 2013, Dr. Cooper taught and held restored in the 21st century by the World Monument research positions at Harvard University, Boston Fund, its interior decorated with exuberant interior University, University of Michigan and University of Massachusetts,Amherst. frescoes and stone carvings. • Pay a visit to Oscar Schindler’s Krakow factory near Ghetto Heroes’ Square, the site from which Schindler was able to save over a thousand Jews from the Plaszow forced labor camp, and ultimately from death. • Explore Krakow’s flourishing Kazimierz district, where Jewish life is returning as young people discover their formerly hidden Jewish heritage.

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For more information, contact Michelle Miller Day by Day Itinerary 216-368-8745 [email protected] June 25 Arrive Warsaw Founded in 1374, Warsaw became Poland’s capital in 1596. Jews first settled in the July 1 Drive to Lublin via Markowa, Lezajsk & Lancut Warsaw area in the 14th century; by 1939, Warsaw’s Jewish population numbered In Markowa, visit the Ulma Family Museum, acknowledging Poles who helped Jews Dear Friends and soon-to-be Friends, almost 400,000. Take some time to check into the hotel and freshen up, then enjoy a hide from Nazis during the Holocaust. Lezajsk is famed for its Jewish cemetery, walking tour of UNESCO-listed Old Warsaw, admiring the powerful Royal Castle, the resting place of a revered Hasidic rabbi. Step inside the simple masonry Lancut We’ve got an amazing itinerary planned for this educational Market Square, and the neoclassical Grand Theater. Pay a visit to Nozyk Synagogue, the only one in the city that survived the war, and Grzybowski Square. Polonia Palace Synagogue, and your eyes are met with a profusion of baroque color and form. travel tour of Poland. I hope you’ll join me. I am a cultural Hotel (1D) Continue to Lublin. Grand Hotel Lublinianka (B, L, D) anthropologist who writes and teaches on migration, memory, loss and identity in the Jewish world. Poland is a fantastic place June 26 Warsaw July 2 Lublin Continue your exploration of the city’s Jewish heritage with a visit to the POLIN to explore all these themes. Our travels will take us back in Museum, commemorating the thousand-year history of the Jewish community in During the 15th-16th centuries, Lublin was the site of the largest trade fairs in the time to understand the rich and dynamic 1,000-year history of Poland. Stop at Genscher Cemetery, Warsaw’s largest Jewish cemetery, and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and was a renowned Jewish center, whose yeshiva this important center of the Jewish world.We’ll grapple with Heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Monument. Survey the Umschlagplatz, where was famous throughout Europe. Some of the remaining Jewish sites that were the Gestapo had Jews assemble to be sent to Treblinka. Polonia Palace Hotel (1B, 1L, preserved through World War II and restored include the Grodzka Gate, the Old and the devastation of the Holocaust, and explore how this loss is 1D) being remembered in the Polish landscape today. New Jewish Cemeteries, the Lublin Academy of Sages, and the renovated synagogue June 27 Drive to Krakow via Kielce, Chmielnik & Pinczow in Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, officially reopened in 2007. If you choose, visit the I’m particularly excited about our opportunities for private An exploration of Jewish sites in Kielce includes the former synagogue, the tenement second-largest Nazi concentration camp in Poland, Majdanek, in operation from 1941 tours and behind-the-scenes conversations with Jewish at 7 Planty Street, where the infamous 1946 Kielce Pogrom began, the Jewish until 1944. . Grand Hotel Lublinianka (B, D) leaders and professionals dedicated to preserving the past Cemetery, and the private prayer house of the Zagajski family. In Chmielnik, visit the and engaging new, dynamic and complex forms of community restored old synagogue, transformed into a state-of-the-art museum that commemorates the history of Jewish Chmielnik. In Pińczów, discover the beautifully July 3 Drive to Warsaw via Kazimierz Dolny life in Poland today. All of these experiences will be enriched restored 17th century synagogue. Check in to the hotel in Krakow and enjoy an Discover the remaining Jewish heritage sites in Kazimierz Dolny, including the 18th independent dinner. Golden Tulip Kazimierz Hotel (B, L) by thoughtful group discussion, which I look forward to century stone synagogue, now a museum; a lapidarium wall near the old Jewish cem- facilitating. To top it off, our time in Krakow corresponds with etery, created from rescued gravestones, matsevot, which the Nazis knocked down the twenty-seventh annual Jewish Cultural Festival, one of the June 28-30 Krakow Take a walking tour of the Old Town, including Jagiellonian University, among the and used to pave the streets; and an old Jewish butcher shop in the middle of the largest and best known international Jewish gatherings in the oldest in Europe, and Wawel Castle, the former seat of Polish kings. Visit the Maly Rynok. Enjoy a Farewell dinner back in Warsaw. Polonia Palace Hotel (B, D) world. Kazimierz District, a major cultural center of Polish Jewry; the Old Synagogue, or Alte Schul, now the Museum of Jewish History of Krakow; the Remuh Synagogue, one of July 4 Depart Warsaw I hope to share all of this with you! two still functioning in the old Jewish quarter; and the old Jewish Cemetery, where fragments from ruined tombstones have been pieced into a Wailing Wall. Take a trip The journey comes to an end with transfers to the airport for international flight Alanna to the Martyrdom Museum at Auschwitz, a ghastly reminder of the consequences of departures. (B) intolerance and cruelty. Head to the Jewish Community Center for Shabbat dinner with the community. Pay a visit to Oscar Schindler’s factory, the site from which Schindler was able to save more than a thousand Jews. Our time in Krakow also corresponds with the Jewish Culture Festival, one of the largest festivals of its kind Study Leader: Alanna Cooper, Ph.D. in the world. Golden Tulip Kazimierz Hotel (3B, 2L, 1D) Alanna Cooper is a cultural anthropologist, and serves Program Highlights as Director of Jewish Lifelong Learning at Case Western Reserve University. Her publications include Bukharan • Visit POLIN History of Polish Jews Museum, commemorating Jews and the Dynamics of Global Judaism (Indiana the thousand-year history of the vibrant Jewish community University Press, 2012), as well as many articles in in Poland, not only the tragic war years. academic journals and the popular press. Prior to • Admire Pinczow’s 17th century synagogue, beautifully joining CWRU in 2013, Dr. Cooper taught and held restored in the 21st century by the World Monument Fund, research positions at Harvard University, Boston its interior decorated with exuberant interior frescoes and University, University of Michigan and University of Massachusetts,Amherst. stone carvings. • Pay a visit to Oscar Schindler’s Krakow factory near Ghetto Heroes’ Square, the site from which Schindler was able to save over a thousand Jews from the Plaszow forced labor camp, and ultimately from death. • Explore Krakow’s flourishing Kazimierz district, where Jewish life is returning as young people discover their formerly hidden Jewish heritage. For more information, contact Michelle Miller Day by Day Itinerary 216.368.8745 [email protected]

June 25 Arrive Warsaw July 1 Drive to Lublin via Markowa, Lezajsk & Lancut Founded in 1374, Warsaw became Poland’s capital in 1596. Jews first settled in the In Markowa, visit the Ulma Family Museum, acknowledging Poles who helped Jews hide from Nazis during the Holocaust. Lezajsk is famed for its Jewish Dear Friends and soon-to-be Friends, Warsaw area in the 14th century; by 1939, Warsaw’s Jewish population numbered almost cemetery, resting place of a revered Hasidic rabbi. Step inside the simple masonry 400,000. Take some time to check into the hotel and freshen up, then enjoy a walking Lancut Synagogue, and your eyes are met with a profusion of baroque color and We’ve got an amazing itinerary planned for this educational tour of UNESCO-listed Old Warsaw, admiring the powerful Royal Castle, the Market form. Continue to Lublin. Grand Hotel Lublinianka (B, L, D) travel tour of Poland. I hope you’ll join me. I am a cultural Square, and the neoclassical Grand Theater. Pay a visit to Nozyk Synagogue, the only one July 2 Lublin anthropologist who writes and teaches on migration, memory, in the city that survived the war, and Grzybowski Square. Polonia Palace Hotel (1D) During the 15th-16th centuries, Lublin was the site of the largest trade fairs in loss and identity in the Jewish world. Poland is a fantastic place the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and was a renowned Jewish center, whose to explore all these themes. Our travels will take us back in June 26 Warsaw yeshiva was famous throughout Europe. Some of the remaining Jewish sites that were preserved through World War II and restored include the Grodzka Gate, the time to understand the rich and dynamic 1,000-year history of Continue your exploration of the city’s Jewish heritage with a visit to the POLIN Old and New Jewish Cemeteries, the Lublin Academy of Sages, and the renovated this important center of the Jewish world.We’ll grapple with Museum, commemorating the thousand-year history of the Jewish community in Poland. synagogue in Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, officially reopened in 2007. If you choose, the devastation of the Holocaust, and explore how this loss is Stop at Genscher Cemetery, Warsaw’s largest Jewish cemetery, and the Heroes of the visit the second-largest Nazi concentration camp in Poland, Majdanek, in being remembered in the Polish landscape today. Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Monument. Survey the Umschlagplatz, where the Gestapo had operation from 1941 until 1944. . Grand Hotel Lublinianka (B, D) Jews assemble to be sent to Treblinka. Polonia Palace Hotel (1B, 1L, 1D) I’m particularly excited about our opportunities for private tours and behind-the-scenes conversations with Jewish June 27 Drive to Krakow via Kielce, Chmielnik & Pinczow leaders and professionals dedicated to preserving the past An exploration of Jewish sites in Kielce includes the former synagogue, the tenement at and engaging new, dynamic and complex forms of community 7 Planty Street, where the infamous 1946 Kielce Pogrom began, the Jewish Cemetery, July 3 Drive to Warsaw via Kazimierz Dolny life in Poland today. All of these experiences will be enriched and the private prayer house of the Zagajski family. In Chmielnik, visit the restored old Discover the remaining Jewish heritage sites in Kazimierz Dolny, including the by thoughtful group discussion, which I look forward to synagogue, transformed into a state-of-the-art museum that commemorates the history 18th century stone synagogue, now a museum; a lapidarium wall near the old facilitating. To top it off, our time in Krakow corresponds with Jewish cem-etery, created from rescued gravestones, matsevot, which the Nazis of Jewish Chmielnik. In Pińczów, discover the beautifully restored 17th century synagogue. knocked down and used to pave the streets; and an old Jewish butcher shop in the twenty-seventh annual Jewish Cultural Festival, one of the Check in to the hotel in Krakow and enjoy an independent dinner. Golden Tulip Kazimierz the middle of the Maly Rynok. Enjoy a Farewell dinner back in Warsaw. Polonia largest and best known international Jewish gatherings in the Hotel (B, L) Palace Hotel (B, D) world. July 4 Depart Warsaw I hope to share all of this with you! June 28-30 Krakow Take a walking tour of the Old Town, including Jagiellonian University, among the oldest The journey comes to an end with transfers to the airport for international flight Alanna in Europe, and Wawel Castle, the former seat of Polish kings.Visit the Kazimierz District, departures. (B) a major cultural center of Polish Jewry; the Old Synagogue, or Alte Schul, now the Museum of Jewish History of Krakow; the Remuh Synagogue, one of two still functioning in the old Jewish quarter; and the old Jewish Cemetery, where fragments from ruined Study Leader: Alanna Cooper, Ph.D. tombstones have been pieced into a Wailing Wall. Take a trip to the Martyrdom Museum Alanna Cooper is a cultural anthropologist, and serves Program Highlights at Auschwitz, a ghastly reminder of the consequences of intolerance and cruelty. Head as Director of Jewish Lifelong Learning at Case Western to the Jewish Community Center for Shabbat dinner with the community. Pay a visit to Reserve University. Her publications include Bukharan • Visit POLIN History of Polish Jews Museum, commemorating Oscar Schindler’s factory, the site from which Schindler was able to save more than a Jews and the Dynamics of Global Judaism (Indiana the thousand-year history of the vibrant Jewish community thousand Jews. Our time in Krakow also corresponds with the Jewish Culture Festival, University Press, 2012), as well as many articles in in Poland, not only the tragic war years. one of the largest festivals of its kind in the world. Golden Tulip Kazimierz Hotel (3B, 2L, academic journals and the popular press. Prior to joining CWRU in 2013, Dr. Cooper taught and held 1D) • Admire Pinczow’s 17th century synagogue, beautifully research positions at Harvard University, Boston restored in the 21st century by the World Monument Fund, University, University of Michigan and University of Massachusetts, its interior decorated with exuberant interior frescoes and Amherst. stone carvings. • Pay a visit to Oscar Schindler’s Krakow factory near Ghetto Heroes’ Square, the site from which Schindler was able to save over a thousand Jews from the Plaszow forced labor camp, and ultimately from death. • Explore Krakow’s flourishing Kazimierz district, where Jewish life is returning as young people discover their formerly hidden Jewish heritage. Tour &Terms Info of liability/assumption ofriskagreementisrequired fortripparticipation. Asignedrelease to passengersupon enrollmentandisavailableto prospectivetravelersuponrequest. UniversityReserve andMIRCorporation forlossofproperty,injury, illnessordeathwillbeprovided Insurance: However, sharedaccommodations cannotbeguaranteedandasinglesupplementratewillapply. Single Travelers: University. is recommendedthatyounotpurchaseinternationalflightsuntilinstructedbyCase Western Reserve cancellation penaltyincurredbythepurchaseofanon-refundable ticketinconnectionwiththistour. It Note: recoverable costofunusedservicesandaccommodationsberefunded, ifany. welfare ofthetourgrouporindividualparticipant,andsubject onlytotherequirementthat when suchactionisdeterminedbytourstafftobeinthebestinterest ofthehealth,safety,orgeneral a tour,ortorequireanyparticipantwithdrawfromtourat timeathis/herownexpense, will bemade. MIRCorporationreservestherighttodecline toacceptanypersonasaparticipantin announced (i.e.,cancelatour). IfMIRCorporationcancelsthetrip, afullrefund oflandtourpayments and ourtouroperatorMIRCorporationreservetheright,withoutpenalty,towithdraw passengers whodonotcompletethefulltourforanyreasonatall. Case Western University Reserve departure thecancellationfee is100%ofthelandtourprogram costs. Refundscannotbemadeto cancellation fee is 50%ofthelandtourprogram cost. Ifcancellationismade44days orlessbefore departure $1,000isnon-refundable. refundable untilthefinalpayment 16, dateof February 2018. From 16to65days February before University andthefollowingcancellationchargeswillapply:$750of$1000depositisnon- Cancellations andRefunds: 16,2018. of paymentforalllandandaircostsisduebyFebruary Program, Case Western University, Reserve 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH44106-7116. Balance to MichelleMiller, ManagerofEducational Travel at The Lauraand Alvin SiegalLifelong Learning Reservations andPayments: arestandards essentialtotheenjoyment ofamenitiesandservices ofthisprogram. periods oftimeduringwalkingtoursandmuseum visits. Flexibilityandthewillingnesstoacceptlocal the assistanceofacane)over uneven terrain whilekeeping upwiththegroup, andstandfor extended rewards ofthisadventure, travelers must beabletowalkatleasttwo milesaday (withorwithout extensive tourisnotwheelchairaccessible.To walkingandstairclimbingrequired.The reap thefull What toExpect: willbesent recommendedby ourtouroperatoruponconfirmation. flightitinerary global nature ofourmembersandpatrons, there isnogroup flight for thisprogram. Information ona Air Arrangements: items suchastelephonecalls,laundry,excessbaggagefees, visafees, etc. assist withreservations•TravelinsuranceMealsnotspecifiedasincludedintheitineraryPersonal Not Included:Internationalround tripairfareto Warsaw. OurtouroperatorMIRCorporationcan Manager •Comprehensivepre-departurepacket •Baggagehandlingatthehotelswhere available;the itinerary gratuitiestolocalguides, drivers and Tour sightseeing, includingentrancefees•English-speakinglocalcityguides, plusa Tour Managerthroughout • All overland transportationperitineraryby privatevehicles •Specialculturaleventsandextensive D=dinner) •Arrival/departuretransfersforpassengersarriving/departingonscheduledstart/enddays Included: Single Rate: $6,599 Land Program Rate: $5,845 Responsibility: University withyour confirmation packets. residents only) isavailable for purchase. Information willbeprovided by Case Western Reserve Case (per personbasedondoubleoccupancy) Western University) Reserve orcreditcardinformationandacleancolorcopy ofyour passport Neither Case Western University Reserve norMIRCorporationacceptsliabilityforany airline Allaccommodation,hoteltaxes•Mealsperitinerary(B=breakf A medical/e ©2017 MIRCorporation, allrightsreserved. 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Please mail the completed registration form with check (payable to Case Western Reserve University) or credit card information to Michelle Miller, Manager of Educational Travel at The Laura and Alvin Siegal Lifelong Learning Program, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7116. Balance of payment for all land and air costs is due by February 16, 2018. Space is limited. Reservations will be processed in order of receipt, subject to avail- ability. The enclosed non-refundable deposit of $ ______($1000 per person) to hold ______place(s).  Enclosed check, payable to Case Western Reserve University  Visa  Mastercard  American Express  Discover  Enclosed is a scanned, color copy of my passport ______Credit card number Exp date CVC ______Billing Address (if different from mailing address) ______Signature of cardholder ______Full name #1 (as listed in passport) Date of birth ______Full name #2 (as listed in passport) Date of birth ______Mailing address (no PO boxes please) ______City State/Province Zip Country ______Phone (Home) (Work/Cell) Email Please note preferences:  I am traveling alone and prefer a single room wherever available at the single rate ($6,599).  I will share accommodations with ______ I would like to share with a  Non-smoker  Smoker (shares are not guaranteed) International airfare is not included in the tour price. Information on the recommended flight itinerary will be sent by our tour operator upon confirmation. Please send me a recommended air itinerary and fare estimate between my home city ______and Warsaw in:  Business class  Economy class  I have read the tour information and terms and conditions, including cancellation policy, for this tour and agree to abide by these policies. ______Signature Date

For more information, contact Michelle Miller at (216) 368-8745 or [email protected] Loss, R June 25-July 4,2018 Warsaw emembrance &Revival Jewish Poland: • Krakow • Lublin