I hope you are all doing well in this post-Hanukah holiday season. I spoke to Vered briefly yesterday and it seems as through the trip is going quite well. It of course is cold and a very intense, emotional experience, but all in all in Vered was quite satisfied with how things are going.
After they get back on Sunday they will head back to the Kibbutz to process and wrap up the Poland trip. Monday morning begins their chofesh and the Workshoppers can be picked up on Kibbutz or they will head out to meet family wherever you are located.
Also when Vered gets back from Poland she will give an update that will include more information about the seminar weeks and their locations during that time. For those of you who will be seeing your Workshopper whether in Israel, Europe, or North America I hope you have a great time reuniting. And to those who will not be seeing their children I hope the chofesh affords your Workshopper perhaps with some more time to be in touch and reflect on their experience thus far.
Starting tomorrow I will be at a retreat center outside Baltimore for our annual Winter Seminar/Veida. I will be reachable by the Habonim Dror cell phone and will have limited access to the email during this time. As always if there is an urgent matter or emergency please call me on the Habonim Dror cell phone.
Have a great break and I look forward to the start of the next exciting chapter of the Workshop tochnit!
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I want to commend all of you that made this special trip to Poland happen. For many of our children our collective European heritage and the enormity of the holocaust are largely theoretical although some may have family members who are survivors. To have a first hand exposure and education on it must be a very profound experience. I look forward to discussing it with our son when we visit next week. This whole program is extraordinary and that was our experience two years ago when our daughter took part in it- we will all be having a reunion next week.
Kol Hakavod to the staff and all the kvutzot.
Michael Gordon and Gilda Berger
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