May 082009
We spent the day tracing the footsteps of Janusz Korczak that famous Polish educator whose convictions about the democratization of children led him through his orphanage to the kibbutz movement and this country, and then back to Poland, only to end his life with his orphans in Treblinka. The most interesting part of this long and arduous trip were the lectures of Muki Tsur and Tanya and their research. I don’t know whether most of what they had to say can’t be found on the web, but being in the places where Korczak visited and hearing the stories from the kibbutz members who remember his visits made me think about how much this country was once influenced by him. Children taking care of themselves.
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