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    Atlanta Council on International Relations, January 23, 2019
    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.”
    Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, January 16th, 2019
    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.
    Washington Jewish Week, December 26th, 2018
    CIE’s Grinfas-David says, is why it’s important for students to go into college with an understanding of those charges, and how to meet them with a wealth of knowledge to draw from in defense.
    New Jersey Jewish News, November 28th, 2018
    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.
    Baltimore Jewish Times, November 20th, 2018
    Tal Grinfas-David is the day school education specialist at the Atlanta-based nonpartisan Center for Israel Education. A former day school principal, Epstein now consults with day schools across the country on strengthening their Israel education. The mere fact that many Baltimore schools teach modern Israeli history gives them a leg up on most day schools, she says, as many across the country leave it out of their curricula entirely.
    eJewishPhilanthropy, November 14th, 2018
    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 Study of Modern Israel. The weekend featured a mix of activities, discussions and educational games designed to expand students’ knowledge and understanding of Israel and Zionism and to help them plan learning programs back home.
    AJT, November 8th, 2018
    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 half the states in the country having anti-BDS legislation, and less than 10 percent of universities having BDS resolutions, Walter doesn’t believe the movement is effective.
    AJT, October 12th, 2018
    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 for second- to seventh graders, provided speakers at the Atlanta Jewish Film CIE Builds Better Model of Israel Education Festival and Book Festival of the MJCCA, and partnered with such organizations as Hadassah, American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League and the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta.
    Detroit Jewish News, October 11th, 2018
    CIE is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, independent institution committed to using primary materials to teach students, educators and the public broadly about modern Israel. Because most Hillel students go to FJA for high school, “you’re able to look at the long-term experience of the students and think about the different areas that we can get to, the depth and the rigor in terms of Israel literacy, and how we can use that to actually address community needs and long-term needs,” Grinfas-David said. “That’s exciting.”
    Heritage Florida Jewish News, September 14th, 2018
    The Atlanta-based Center for Israel Education and the Emory Institute for the Study of Modern Israel invite Jewish 10th- and 11th-graders to apply to attend the Teen Israel Leadership Institute during the weekend of October 26 to 28. The institute will feature a series of learning activities to expand students’ knowledge and understanding of Israel and Zionism while they experience Jewish life on a college campus (Emory University) and forge friendships with peers from across the country.
    New Jersey Jewish News, August 29th, 2018
    It’s so much more powerful to say, ‘I know something because I saw the document,’ rather than ‘because my Hebrew teacher said so,’” said Tal Grinfas-David, day school education specialist at the Center for Israel Education, an Atlanta-based clearinghouse for best practices in Israel education, which also offers training and curricula and which provided a grant to GOA to write the curriculum.
    St. Louis Jewish Light, August 23th, 2018
    Kenneth W. Stein, a leading scholar on the politics of the Arab world, credits the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat for serving as the “engine that drove the Camp David Peace Process forward” to a successful conclusion. Stein is regarded as a pioneer in Israel education, having established the Center for Israel Education in 2008 in Atlanta. The center’s website is considered one of the most reliable and innovative web-based sources for learning about modern Israel.
    Times of Israel, July 29th, 2018
    It has been almost 40 years since former president Jimmy Carter initiated the negotiations that led to Israel’s peace treaty with Egypt. To commemorate that historic accomplishment, the Center for Israel Education is incrementally releasing sensitive memoranda from the Carter administration archives detailing those negotiations.
    Kol HaBirah, July 12th, 2018
    Eleven local educators attended the Center for Israel Education’s (CIE) 17th annual educator workshop June 24-28 in Atlanta. The event was hosted by CIE and the Emory Institute for the Study of Modern Israel (ISMI). The objective of this exceptional learning opportunity, funded by the AVI CHAI Foundation of North America, is to empower educators, and through them their students, with an understanding of Israel’s history, politics, and culture.
    Spring Training: Israel Education for Summer Camp – Blending Content with Context, June 3, 2018
    Last week, the Center for Israel Education (CIE) in Atlanta, with the cooperation of the Foundation for Jewish Camp, led a three-day Israel learning retreat for 35 overnight and day camp staff most of them either in college or recent college graduates. Participants represented twelve US summer camps which were either unaffiliated or part of the URJ, Young Judea, and Ramah camping movements.
    Atlanta Jewish Times, April 13, 2018
    The surrounding Muslim-majority states weren’t friendly in 1948, but now many are in turmoil.
    eJewish Philanthropy, April 8, 2018
    New initiative provides staff and resources to boost Israel education in K-12 day schools
    Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, January 24, 2018
    High schoolers prepare to confront BDS, anti-Zionism on campus
    United Synagogue, Dec. 13, 2017
    Dunwoody’s Congregation Beth Shalom was given a Solomon Schechter Award for a teen learning program developed in part by CIE.
    IDEAL, Oct. 29, 2017
    Israel Direct Education and Learning -CIE launched its first on-line course Modern Israel, a six part course.
    Annual Teacher Workshop, Jun. 25-29, 2017
    Sixty five teachers from North America and Central America attended the 16 Annual pre-collegiate teacher one week workshop.
    CIE, June 1, 2017
    COUNTDOWN TO THE SIX DAY WAR- An Educational Initiative, Spring 2017
    Golda Och Academy, Mar. 23, 2017
    Headmaster Adam Shapiro credits CIE with infusing himself and staff with Israel curriculum for entire school in West Orange, N.J.
    Atlanta Jewish Times, Oct. 6, 2016
    Rich Walter suggests that educators and learners rejuvenate their memory about the importance of Zionism and Israel.
    Atlanta Jewish Times, Sep. 21, 2016
    Israel and Holocaust Reparations
    Atlanta Jewish Times, Sep. 13, 2016
    Monthly Suggested Readings-online Cyberwar, BDS, Media Bias against Israel and more
    Atlanta Jewish Times, Sep. 7, 2016
    Eli Sperling lauds Israel’s Minister of Culture, Miri Regev, as she pushes diligently for state support of Mizrahi culture.
    Atlanta Jewish Times, Sep. 1, 2016
    Why does PA plan to sue Great Britain over Balfour Declaration? It is part of their Israel delegitimization effort.
    Atlanta Jewish Times, Aug. 12, 2016
    Documents in Israeli History: The Alon Plan (1969)-early plan for what land Israel should control in the post 1967 war era
    Atlanta Jewish Times, Aug. 11, 2016
    AJT Editor Michael Jacobs reviews Hebrew University Professor Reuven Hazan’s analysis of Israelis balancing security needs with their domestic agenda
    CIE, May 10, 2016
    Professor Ken Stein Receives ‘Opher Aviran We Stand with Israel’ Award from Hillels of Georgia
    Atlanta Jewish Times, Nov. 20, 2015
    Ken Stein moderates discussion with Ambassador Dennis Ross during the Book Festival of the MJCCA
    Atlanta Jewish Times, Sept. 1, 2015
    Ken Stein Warns of Iran Threat
    Atlanta Jewish Times, Aug. 5, 2015
    CIE Spreads Israel Literacy
    Atlanta Jewish Times, Aug. 5, 2015
    CIE Workshop Enlightens Educators About Modern Israel
    Atlanta Jewish Times, May 17, 2015
    Stein Discusses how Israel and the U.S. will Fare as Regional Landscapes Shift in Turbulent Middle East
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