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Amid rising antisemitism, Success Academy takes charter school students to Auschwitz 

JL;DR SUMMARY Success Academy, a charter school network serving primarily low-income families in New York City, has initiated a profound educational program by taking a group of high school students on a six-day tour of Holocaust sites in Poland, including Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Plaszów camp. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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AuschwitzHolocaust EducationStudent TripsMoral ResponsibilityExperiential LearningSuccess AcademyNew York City Charter SchoolsEva MoskowitzHolocaust Sites

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Auschwitz-Birkenau, Lesser Poland, Poland
"Francisco, an 11th grader at Success Academy High School of the Liberal ArtsHarlem, told Jewish Insider that witnessing Auschwitz-Birkenau, literally being inside a gas chamber, brought the horror of it all to me in a way that reading or studying history could not."
Krakow, Lesser Poland, Poland
"Fransciso was one of eight high school students who took part in the schools inaugural six-day trip to Poland last month, which included visits to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the site of the Plaszw Concentration Camp in Krakow and the Warsaw Ghetto."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"Fransciso was one of eight high school students who took part in the schools inaugural six-day trip to Poland last month, which included visits to Auschwitz-Birkenau, the site of the Plaszw Concentration Camp in Krakow and the Warsaw Ghetto."
New York City, New York, United States
"Success Academy, a network of New York City charter schools primarily serving low-income families, designed the new program as a way to give students a direct personal connection and opportunity to understand this singular event in history, Eva Moskowitz, the organizations CEO and founder, told JI."
Israel
"While the trip to Poland came as antisemitic incidents reached record-high levels in the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel and anti-Israel rhetoric has in particular surged dramatically in New York City K-12 schools, Moskowitz, who is Jewish, said the program wasnt necessarily designed to combat the increase of antisemitism."

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