David Katibian

11/6/2007

Thank you so much for being our tour guide as well as educator and friend. I really enjoyed learning from you and appreciate everything you have done
David Katibian TARBUT VETORA Irviane, Los Angeles

 

Horwitz Sarah

11/6/2007

Sarah – Besides having an amazing name you are an amazing person!
I am really happy you have been my guide for this trip. I have learned so many new things and have had a completely different experience because of you!
Thank you so much!
Sara Horwitz TARBUT VETORA Irviane, Los Angeles

 

Lea Breen

11/6/2007

Dear Sarah,
You made my trip to Poland so amazing! I never thought guides could be so interesting and captivating! You made my visit so memorable and I will NEVER forget you! Thank you so much for all your hard work and insight! You have made me appreciate what I have and have strengthened my Jewish Identity. I love being Jewisg even more and WANT to be Israeli! Thank you again! And keep in touch!
Lea Breen
TARBUT VETORA
Irviane, Los Angeles


 

CHAIM AND JUDITH FACHLER

26/5/2006

Yom Yerushalayim 5766
Friday, May 26, 2006

Having just come back from the trip of a lifetime, we firmly believe that everyone has to "do" Poland. And the best way of doing that is with a great bunch of friends, a well prepared itinerary, but most of all with the best guide / history teacher in the business.
Sara and our fellow travellers made this journey even more meaningful for us than we dared hope.
Thank You!
Judith and Chaim Fachler
 

Celia & Harry Geffen

24/5/2006

Sara Pellach – “Journey of a lifetime to Poland” - nobody does it better..

Her guided tour covers not only the Holocaust period but also the culture of Jewish life in Poland.

In one short week she instilled into our group a deeper understanding of a vital period in Jewish history which must never be forgotten.

Tireless in her efforts, totally professional in her approach and forever caring for her charges – no adequate words can describe the incredible journey that Sara so capably organized.

An amazing Journey, never to be forgotten.

Celia & Harry Geffen, Raanana.
Tel:- 052 4 346 684

 

Michael Kaye

23/5/2006

Jan 22 2006
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There are no words to express my gratitude to sarah,for being the most wonderful person and guide,over the past week,she has fed me new ideas and thoughts which are not imaginable,and i really thank her with all my heart,and i will never forget this experience.
Thanks a million
Michael Kaye
 

Duvid Calek

17/2/2006

Dear Sara
I have finally found a quiet moment to pen a few sentences to express our gratitude to you for the most incredible exerience we shared with you in Poland. The boys haven"t stopped talking, discussing and reminiscing. The staff are still overwhelmed by the warmth and depth of feeling with which you impart your knowlege and information.
The way in which you and your team rose to the challenge was remarkable.
you handled the complicated logistics with such apparent ease made the trip gallop along like a clockwork.
In your inimitable warm and friendly style, you made a supreme effort to make possible our every request and the itinerary we manged defies belief.
Sara, we can never thank you enough.
May Hashem continue to give you the strenght, health and inspiration to continue on this holy mission for many years to come.

DUVID CALEK, LONDON
 

Becky Kolner

5/12/2005

My husband and I are full of admiration for you for the way you conducted the tour, with such thoroughness, maintaining the discipline of so many participants with regard to schedule and cooperation from everyone concerned.

From a historical perspective your knowledge and insights were overwhelming, prompting us to now dig for more and more knowledge, so that our psyche will be imbued with this horrible passage of the Jewish experience.

The participation of Rabbi Weiss made it all encompassing, with Shabbat services, Daf Yomi reading, and Jewish/religious anecdotes.

I will also never forget the angelic face of Paulina Keslvska, the righteous among the nations, who related the story of how her family managed to save some of my family of Jews, and we know the risks that entailed. She energized me and strengthened my faith in the basic goodness of the human soul. Halina Birenbaum recounted her nightmarish experiences under the Nazis and, of course, like Halina, for everyone who was there, there is sometimes a similar and sometimes a different wretching memory.

In addition, we had the personal and family stories of our fellow tour goers, which further brought what we were experiencing to life. And what about the movies in preparation for what we were about to see! Sara, you thought of it all!

My fellow tour goers were the greatest. In spite of the solemnity of the trip, it was, paradoxically, a most uplifting experience, because "Am Israel Hai". I can more vividly visualize the horrendous landscape of those years, and have a moment of introspection, which since, occurs daily. We are thankful for the opportunity, as you put it to have spent "a week of our lives and a week for all our lifetime".


 

Debbie Weiss

27/11/2005

The trip went above and beyond my expectations. Never before have my experiences in just one week affected my life as much as our week in Poland. I can not imagine going on this journey with anyone else besides Sara Pellach as the tour guide, and Rabbi Weiss. They complemented each other perfectly.

 

Jeremy Ben-David

27/11/2005

People asked me how it was. It was difficult, but at the same time comforting. It was not just about losing Six Million Jews, and just how unfathomable that is; but about 1,000 years of Jewish history that existed and without which Jewish life today would be unrecognizable. And how that history came to an end. For me it was about making a wonderful discovery of the generations that culminated in the Six Million; and the feeling of a terrible sense of loss. And then coming home to Eretz Yisrael. Coming home as never before. Thank you to Rabbi Weiss, to Sara, and to the group. And thank you to my wife Susie, without whom I would never have made the trip.
 

Eve Winer

26/11/2005

Thank you Sara for such a marvelous inspiring trip and for the way you looked after us both spiritually and physically. Your care was beyond description.

November 2005

 

Debbie Weiss

26/11/2005

The trip went above and beyond my expectations.

November 2005
 

Jon Wine

26/11/2005

A very worthwhile trip. The weight of the trip kept building right to the end at the museum in Krakow. Rabbi Weiss and Sara were not only great by themselves but very complementary and brought the trip to a high level.

November 2005

 

Richard Rinberg

26/11/2005

Few experiences in my life have affected me so deeply as the trip to Poland with Sara Pellach and Rabbi Weiss. There is just no comparison to learning about the Shoah by lectures, reading a book or watching a film. In Poland, we stood at the edge of the pit of hell and looked down into the abyss. We returned with knowledge that cannot be gained any other way.

I cannot conceive of having better guides for the journey than Sara Pellach complemented by Rabbi Weiss and I can only agree with them that every adult, at least once in their life, should make such a journey.

November 2005


 

lydia ingram

26/9/2005

i have been with sarah on the tour of immanuel collage 05. The experience was over whelming. ive learnt so much from sarah, it strengethened both my jewish roots and my jewish identity. i feel proud as a standing jew to this day and i am so grateful for being given the knowledge about the jewish background of poland and the holcaust all taught to me by sarah herself.
 

Phyllis Bismanovsky

1/9/2004

Sara organized our recent Family Heritage Tour of Poland. Every detail was tended to. Saras depth of knowledge made the trip so informative. Her addition of different media, including testimonies of survivors, music, poems, and her own stories complimented her knowledge. Our local guide was also very knowledgeable. Sara personalized our tour to include the family home town as well as the traditional Jewish sites. I highly recommend Sara and her organization especially if you are looking for a personalized experience.
 

Reichman Neta

20/2/2004

At first, I was scared to go on this trip. But with your guiding and support, Sara, I found the strength to meet the challenge.
 

Fella Orlean

20/2/2004

We cried together, and we laughed together. We shared memories, even the most painful ones. We certainly benefited from each others support in the group.
 

Conway Abigail

20/2/2004

Sara, you never rested. Even when we were in the bus, you continued to guide us, giving us an in-depth understanding of history, but with a sensitivity and feeling that I have never seen before.
 

Gold James

20/2/2004

I have never been so moved as when I stood at the monument of ashes at Majdaneck and participated in our memorial ceremony.
 

Cohen Jamie

20/2/2004

You just have to see it once. Everyone should participate in this type of journey
 

Arza Lucy

20/2/2004

This allowed me to close a circle in my life. I am forever grateful to Sara for her sensitive guiding.