Jewish Immigration to the Land of Israel
By Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, April 4, 2025 The Exile and the Homeland It may be said that the Jewish people’s entire cosmology (the origin and nature of the universe) from their birth as…
Bibliography — Arabs of Palestine/Israel
March 2025 CIE has compiled the following list of documents, books and articles, including some available on our website, to guide understanding of the Arab population of pre-state Palestine, Israel, the West Bank and the…
Bibliography — Zionism
March 2025 CIE has compiled the following list of books and articles, including some available on our website, to guide understanding of Zionism. Books Almog, Shmuel. Zionism and History: The Rise of a New Jewish…
#145 Contemporary Readings March 2025 — Including Israel-Hamas War
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Salwa Alinat-Abed, “Politics of Faith: Discourse and Practice Among Women of the Islamic Movement in Israel,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African…
Bibliography — Israel’s Historiography
March 2025 CIE has compiled the following list of books and articles to guide understanding of the historiography of Israel. Books ʻAdwan, Sami ʻAbd Ar-Razzaq, Dan Bar-On and Eyal J. Naveh. Side by Side: Parallel…
Bibliography — Painting, Sculpture and Other Visual Arts
March 2025 CIE has compiled the following list of books, online exhibits and articles, including some available on our website, to guide understanding of the visual arts in Israel and during the New Yishuv. Books…
Bibliography — Yishuv (Pre-State)
March 2025 CIE has compiled the following list of books and articles, including some available on our website, to guide understanding of the New Yishuv during the period from the 1880s until the founding of…
Zionist/Jewish Economic Development in Palestine Before 1948
March 12, 2025 By Ken Stein The Jewish growth in Mandatory Palestine in the period of the New Yishuv to establish a Jewish territory for a state had significantly developed by 1939. Arab leadership in…
Bibliography — Antisemitism
August 1, 2025 CIE has compiled the following list of books, articles and videos, including some available on our website, to guide understanding of antisemitism, particularly in connection with Zionism and Israel. Books Ackerman, Nathan…
Scott Abramson, “Islamophobia and Antisemitism: A False Equivalence”
As originally published in the British journal Fathom, CIE’s Scott Abramson explains the fallacy of presenting Islamophobia and antisemitism as equivalent.
Bibliography — Immigration
CIE has compiled the following list of books and articles, including some available on our website, to guide understanding of Zionist and Israeli immigration. Books Alterman, Rachelle. Planning in the Face of Crisis: Land Use,…
Bibliography — Hebrew/Israeli Literature
CIE has compiled the following list of books and articles, including some available on our website, to guide understanding of Israeli literature and the evolution and adoption of the modern Hebrew language. Books Aberbach, David….
Bibliography — Great Powers and the Middle East
CIE has compiled the following list of books, articles and videos, including some available on our website, to guide understanding of the great world powers and their involvement in the Middle East. Books Alterman, Eric,…
Bibliography — 1973 War
CIE has compiled the following list of books, articles and interviews, including many available on our website, to guide understanding of the unfolding of the October 1973 Middle East war and its consequences. Books Adan, Avraham. On…
Kenneth W. Stein, “Evolving a Diplomatic Legacy From the October War: The US, Egyptian, and Israeli Triangle”
Kenneth W. Stein, “Evolving a Diplomatic Legacy From the October War: The US, Egyptian, and Israeli Triangle,” in Asaf Siniver (ed.), The October 1973 War Politics, Diplomacy, and Legacy, London: Hurst and Company, 2013. This…
Bibliography — 1967 War
A CIE-curated list of books and articles addressing the June 1967 Middle East war often known as the Six-Day War.
Explainer: The Economy of the Yishuv and the State of Israel
By Ken Stein and Scott Abramson, March 23, 2025 Zionist/Jewish Economic Development in Palestine Before 1948 Jewish physical growth in Mandatory Palestine in the period known as the New Yishuv was sufficient through land acquired…
Weekly Torah Portion
The Parashah Hashavuah is the weekly portion of the Torah, the five books of Moses, read by Jews throughout the world each Sabbath and on specific holidays. Here you will find a d’var Torah (commentary)…
Era II: Autonomia ebraica in Israele — 1898-1948
Dal 1898 al 1947, il sionismo si è evoluto da un’ idea a una realtà concreta: l’istituzione effettiva dello stato ebraico, Israele. Quando Theodor Herzl scrisse Lo Stato Ebraico, agli ebrei mancava il potere politico…
Era I: Dai tempi biblici al 1898
Secondo i patti biblici, gli ebrei sono legati alla credenza in un D-o unico, un legame indissolubile alla Terra d’Israele. Dalla sua nascita, l’identità ebraica è legata agli impegni reciproci tra D-o e il popolo….
Emergency Arab League Communique — Declaration on Gaza and the Palestinians, March 2025
Meeting in Cairo in early March 2025, the Arab League of States endorsed an Egyptian plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that was, above all else, a cleverly worded statement. The contents did not break new diplomatic ground and made no mention of Hamas or its political future. As a consensus document, it aimed at satisfying as many Arab interests and foreign ears as possible.
David Horowitz, Study on Economic and Social Transformation of Palestine, Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1937
This four-page assessment notes multiple Jewish contributions to Palestine’s development: expansion of health care, advancement of agricultural methods, government revenue, industrial growth and Jewish building expansion. It notes that the Jewish economy has attracted Arab immigration to Palestine for jobs and the mushrooming of the Jewish education system from Jewish sources. Without saying so directly, its contents tout Jewish state building.
#144 Contemporary Readings February 2025 — Including Israel-Hamas War
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education David Ben-Basat, “Why a Palestinian State Is a Security Risk Israel Cannot Afford,” The Jerusalem Post, February 28, 2025, https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-844094 Tal Becker and Dan…
#143 Contemporary Readings January 2025 — Including Israel-Hamas War
Assembled by Scott Abramson and Ken Stein, Center for Israel Education Daniel Ben-David, “Israel’s New US Ambassador Suggests Saudi Normalisation on the Brink,” Jewish Chronicle, January 28, 2025, https://www.thejc.com/news/world/israels-us-ambassador-saudi-normalisation-xyz5dgkb Ahmed Charai, “Look to Middle Eastern…
