March of the Living

Trip Details: Join thousands from around the world to experience March of the Living. Walk from Auschwitz to Birkenau on Yom HaShoah in honour and remembrance for all the lives lost. Mourn with Israel on Yom HaZikaron, and celebrate with Israel on Yom Ha’Atzmaut. Winnipeg grade 10-12 students join the Coast to Coast delegation of students from across Canada every other year.

 

Pre-Trip: Students will be required to attend pre-trip education sessions. These sessions are designed to equip students with a basic knowledge of the Holocaust and Israel prior to their departure. Sessions will include the history of antisemitism, prewar Poland, the Final Solution, Zionism and the State of Israel, Israeli culture, and new this year, honouring victims of October 7, 2023. 

 

Trip Part One-Poland: The trip begins with one week in Poland. We visit areas and learn about the once vibrant Jewish life. Students visit the death camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Majdanek, and Treblinka where most of European Jewry were murdered. Although this part of the trip will be very emotional, there will be moments of hope and celebration. 

 

Trip Part Two-Israel: For week two of the trip, students travel to Israel to celebrate the establishment of the Jewish state, attend Israel’s Remembrance Day ceremonies, honour victims, families and communities effected by October 7th, 2023. Participants will celebrate, make friends, rejoice, feast and do it all through a Jewish lens.

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The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg is proud to offset part of the cost of March of the Living Coast to Coast High School trip for each local participant. The funds for this are generated through the Jewish Federation of Winnipeg’s annual Combined Jewish Appeal and fundraising initiatives of the Winnipeg March of the Living Committee. The Federation also provides support through staff resources, program leader training and participant education.

 

For more information on dates, costs and/or registration for either the Coast to Coast High School, Young Adult or Adult March of the Living trips, please visit the March of the Living website or contact Abby Flackman at aflackman@jewishwinnipeg.org or 204-477-7424.

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