Our seniors go to Israel as part of the ongoing partnership between Emery/Weiner and the Alexander Muss High School in Israel program. Alexander Muss High School in Israel has been a provider of custom designed programs in Israel and Eastern Europe for Jewish Day Schools throughout North America since 1995.

The itinerary is based on the educational philosophy that guides all of our programming. Alexander Muss High School in Israel unfolds the living drama of Jewish history using the land of Israel as its classroom. Nearly all of the itinerary is based on chronology, except where it is logistically not prudent to do so. We believe that the aim of studying history is not merely to examine the facts of the past but to weave them into a historic narrative.

Organizing the itinerary on this basis enables our students to confront the issues and role models that shaped Jewish history and Jewish life. It also allows them to draw conclusions relevant to their own lives. The historical narrative method has proven immeasurably more effective than the conventional arrangement of experiences in a thematic, modular format or traveling around the country based on geography.

Alexander Muss High School has teachers and educators who are not just guides but dedicated professionals. Their educators have experience teaching in formal settings as well as in the field. They have in depth knowledge of the important sites in Israel, academic training in Jewish history, and a love of lifelong learning. They have the gift to make Israel come alive. They have the ability to make Israel relevant to students.

Places visited in Poland

• Krakow
• Wawel Castle
• Kaziemirs: Siroka Square, Altschule, Remu Temple
• Auschwitz
• Podgorze district & sites of the ghetto Pankewicz Pharmacy Jewish Underground HQ, and Schindler Factory
• Lomdei Mishnayot Synagogue
• Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin
• Lublin