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Rachel Torres replied to the topic The Holocaust & Gender in the forum Five Chimneys – 2019 Summer Seminar Responses – Optional 4 years, 10 months ago
Reading Olga’s testimony has inspired me to find more books that tell the woman’s perspective and chronicles what really happened to them in the camps. I hope that we will receive suggestions at TOLI because this needs to be learned and shared.
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Rachel Torres replied to the topic How does one have a survivor's spirit? in the forum Five Chimneys – 2019 Summer Seminar Responses – Optional 4 years, 10 months ago
Yes, I too was amazed by her will to survive and was moved to tears by her honesty about wanting to die. How could anyone feel otherwise? When she expressed her “two reasons to live: one, to work with the resistance movement…and two,…go free and tell the world, “This is what I saw…must never be allowed to happen again!” I was inspired and…[Read more]
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Rachel Torres replied to the topic Facing the Other: Who is Our "Other"? in the forum On Austrian Soil – 2019 Summer Seminar Responses 4 years, 11 months ago
Kelsey, thank you for opening this discussion about “the other.” If I’m being honest, for me “the other” has always been the bigot, the sexist, and the student who comes into class with a MAGA hat. Truthfully I have no desire to understand their point of view and/or to respectfully agree to disagree. Yet, Sondra’s journey challenged me to think…[Read more]
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Rachel Torres started the topic Themes of Identity, teaching, and forgiveness in the forum On Austrian Soil – 2019 Summer Seminar Responses 5 years ago
I devoured On Austrian Soil in two days. I could not stop thinking about it when I was not reading. Sondra’s book is rich with so many themes, it’s difficult to know where to start! I see three intricate themes interwoven into On Austrian Soil that are compelling and speak to me: identity, teaching philosophy, and forgiveness. I’m afraid I wil…[Read more]
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Rachel Torres replied to the topic Welcome to the 2019 TOLI Discussion Forum: Introductions in the forum 2019 Summer Seminar Participant Introductions 5 years ago
Hi! My name is Rachel Torres, a Nuyorican (of Puerto Rican descent!), born and raised in the Bronx, NY and thirteen years ago, I transplanted to Newtown, CT. I’m still adjusting 🙂 I teach 9th grade Western Studies and 10th grade African Studies at Newtown High School, Sandy Hook. I have taught for 15 years, but not consecutively as I became a…[Read more]
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