Israel Education: Is Your School Ready?
In eJewish Philanthropy, CIE’s Day School Specialist, Dr. Tal Grinfas-David writes about the transformations taking place at the eight day schools participating in CIE’s day school initiative. The article details how the schools have introduced…
The New York Jewish Week
The Center for Israel Education (CIE), directed by Prof. Ken Stein of Emory University, has conducted seminars for high school instructors teaching courses on modern Israel. For over two decades CIE has convened one-week intensive…
4 lessons from the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty at 40
CIE President and Founder Professor Ken Stein writes about the lessons learned forty years after the Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. Stein outlines the impact of Begin and Sadat’s nationalist sensibilities, the…
Israel Education Re-Envisioned
The Los Angeles Jewish Journal highlights the impact of CIE’s Day School Initiative with two LA schools: Pressman Academy of Temple Beth Am and Sinai Akiba Academy.
Raising Jews with Israel literacy
The Vancouver Jewish Independent profiles Tal Grinfa-David’s visit to the community in February, 2019. Tal worked closely with a number of day school educators over her three days, including delivering a keynote address, “Teaching Modern…
Emory Professor: No Simple Answers in Middle East Issues, Foreign Policy
On January 23, 2019, Ken Stein spoke to the Atlanta Council on International Relations on the topic of “The US and the Middle East: Policies Amidst a Fragmenting Region.”
Teaching about Israel at summer camp
The Atlanta-based Center for Israel Education will convene its second Israel seminar this spring to deliver historical context and state-of-the-art educational and experiential methods to Jewish summer camp staffers.
Teens immersed in Israel’s culture, context
FOUR NEW Jersey teens were among 24 high school students who gathered on the Emory University campus in Atlanta October 26-28 for the second Teen Israel Leadership Institute.
24 Teens Immersed in Israel’s Culture, Context
Twenty-four teens gathered at the Emory University campus in Atlanta from October 26 to 28 for the second Teen Israel Leadership Institute hosted by the Center for Israel Education and the Emory Institute for the…
Keys to Countering BDS
Rich Walter, vice president of curriculum and outreach for the Center for Israel Education, said his organization tries to focus on “context and content” instead of giving “props” to the BDS movement. With more than…
CIE Builds Better Model of Israel Education
CIE led teen programs for BBYO and NFTY events, held pre-Israel trip seminars for seniors of The Weber School, conducted sessions at The Epstein School and AJA, saw 10 local schools use its Israel curriculum…
