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(12 de febrero de 1958 – 19 de julio del 2018) https://main.knesset.gov.il/EN/activity/Pages/BasicLaws.aspx De acuerdo al Plan de Partición de Palestina de 1947 dos estados, árabe y judío, serían creados del área del Mandato de Palestina. El Plan de Partición también estipuló que cada estado tendría una constitución escrita. Los árabes palestinos y estados árabes rechazaron […]

Israel entered a period of political instability when its governing coalition fell apart in December 2018 over the issue of Haredi military service. The articles, activities and other digital resources below provide insights into how and why Israel’s Knesset elections in April and September 2019 failed to produce a new government, leading to a third election within a year on March 2, 2020. The urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic helped break the political logjam with a unity government featuring a rotation agreement for prime minister between Benjamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, but that government failed to survive into 2021. For the fourth time in less than two years, Israelis are electing a new Knesset on March 23, 2021.

Speaking Feb. 14 to Jewish teen leaders, former Israeli Supreme Court clerk Gal Levy Ben Haim explains the Israeli judiciary and its role in society, using cases about LGBTQ and women’s rights as examples.

Elections, Parliament, Political Culture, Prime Ministers, Parties and the Voting Public Israel has a parliamentary system of government with some unusual features in the elections and the creation of multiparty ruling coalitions, as explained by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Click here to see the results of all of the elections with infographics for Israel’s […]

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Naama Barak, “A healing prayer brings Israeli, Lebanese singers together,” Israel21c, February, 28, 2021. https://www.israel21c.org/a-healing-prayer-brings-israeli-lebanese-singers-together/ Shaul Bartal, “Now It’s the Turn of the Palestinian Voter,” BESA Center, February 10, 2021. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/palestinian-authority-elections/ Lazar Berman, “Beth Din of Arabia: Jews in Gulf […]

Ken Stein 12 de enero, 2021, presentación virtual, patrocinado por The Temple, Atlanta,GA y CIE. https://youtube.com/watch?v=c4jMHIwvOLI Rabino Peter Berg: [00:00:00] Buenas noches a todos y bienvenidos a nuestro programa. Estamos emocionados de tener a tanta gente aquí con nosotros esta noche para uno de nuestros programas Tamid, uno de nuestros programas de aprendizaje para adultos […]

(1896) Herzl, Teodor. “Kwestia żydowska.” Państwo żydowskie. Tłumaczenie. Sylvie D’Avigdor. 1896. N.p.: American Zionist Emergency Council, 1946. Brak paginacji. Druk. „Kwestia żydowska”, Państwo żydowskie, Teodor Herzl  (1896) Herzl, Teodor. “Kwestia żydowska.” Państwo żydowskie. Tłumaczenie. Sylvie D’Avigdor. 1896. N.p.: American Zionist Emergency Council, 1946. Brak paginacji. Druk. Początki ruchu syjonistycznego są często uznawane   za jednoznaczne […]

Pressure from Arab leaders in states surrounding Palestine, growing instability in the eastern Mediterranean, and a firm opposition voiced by the British High Commissioner in Egypt, Miles Lampson, caused the British to withdraw the idea of resolving the Arab-Zionist conflict with a two-state solution. Instead, heavy restrictions were imposed in 1939 on the growth of the Jewish National home. Coincidently this policy statement is issued, two days after Nazi Germany attacks Jewish, homes, businesses and synagogues, in what came to be known as Kristallnacht.

Former three-term Knesset member is motivated to run in the March 23 elections to create a better Israel for his children and grandchildren, provide a voice for the vital senior population, topple Prime Minister Netanyahu, and restore the Labor Party’s legacy.

CIE board members Nachman Shai, a former Knesset member and a Labor candidate in the March 2021 election, and Yaron Ayalon, the director of the Jewish studies program at the College of Charleston, discuss the decline and possibilities for revival of the once-dominant political left in Israel in a series of three online conversations held in the first three months of 2021.

Until the 1990s, when Israel’s increased engagement with Asia notably expanded, her relations particularly with China, India and Japan, were limited for three broad reasons.  First, Israel’s state-seeking and state-building endeavors focused westwards on Europe, the Americas and Africa. Once statehood unfolded in 1948, no trade evolved with hostile Middle Eastern Arab neighbors after the […]

In our ebook for teens, college students and adults, The June 1967 War: How It changed Jewish, Israeli, and Middle Eastern History, according to many, we captured the drama and essence of the war’s enduring and so far unending impact. The June 1967 Middle East War transformed Israeli, Jewish, and Middle Eastern History. In the span of six weeks, in May and June 1967, Israel, its neighbors and the international community were engulfed with varying emotions including admonition, arrogance, audacity, astonishment, bravado, boasting, daring, euphoria, fears of annihilation, hesitation, humiliation, indecision, miscalculation, pride, procrastination, relief, resignation, self-doubt, self-importance, and tension.

A week after Antony Blinken’s confirmation as Secretary of State, the Acting US Ambassador to the UN outlined with considerable detail the administration’s objective to an agreed, not imposed two-state resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict.

An Edpuzzle-enhanced version of CIE’s Israel On Board video about what happens after Israelis vote increases student understanding of how governing coalitions are formed in Israel. Middle school to high school. A fantastic teaching tool, especially for distant learning and flipped classroom lessons, Edpuzzle allows you to transform any video into a more meaningful experience […]

An Edpuzzle-enhanced version of CIE’s updated Israel On Board video about the Israeli electoral system increases student understanding by employing comparisons with the U.S. political system. Middle school to high school.

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Meirav Arlozoroff, “Israel’s Population Is Growing at a Dizzying Rate. Is It Up for the Challenge?” Haaretz, January 4, 2021. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-israel-s-population-is-growing-at-a-dizzying-rate-is-it-up-for-the-challenge-1.9410043 Shlomo Avineri, “[YouTube video] Israeli Democracy: Historical Origins and Future Perspectives,” UCLA Nazarian Center for Israel Studies, January 13, […]

The CIE created Master timeline© contains more than 1,000 entries, following Jewish History through Jewish identity in the diaspora, Zionism, to contemporary issues in Israel. Search by year or by a subject through time.

For more than seventy years the US government developed and revised its attitude toward Zionism and Israel. Using published archives, press conferences, speeches and numerous interviews, this compilation of 50 quotations traces how American views of Zionism and Israel changed.

President Biden comes to the presidency with more Washington experience than any other former president. While he has designated a foreign policy team with significant experience, his immediate priorities will be domestic. With a razor thin senate majority why would he expend political capital in trying to find solutions to Middle Eastern issues that are highly complex, seemingly intractable, and culturally embedded? The exception might be seeking to curtail Iran’s nuclear and regional aggressiveness.

From a panel discussion July 1, 2020, at our Enrichment Workshop on Modern Israel: True allyship helps prevent the Israel conversation on college campuses from leading to anti-Semitism.

From the Tel Aviv based, INSS, The Institute for National Security Studies, their annual review of Israel’s domestic and foreign policy challenges is available. Released by one of Israel’s most prestigious think tanks, their 2021 Strategic Overview contains more than a dozen thoroughly researched topics. This publication has no peer for excellence and analyses. Its authors are highly respected for their competence in respective fields of specialty, and in the coherence that each of them brings to their essays.

Hosted by the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA All rights reserved to Professor Avineri and the Nazarian Center Transcribed by the Center for Israel Education, Atlanta, Ga. January 15, 2021. Transcript Dov Waxman: Welcome everyone. I’m Dov Waxman, the director of the UCLA Nazarian Center for Israel Studies and The Rosalinde and […]

In a collaboration with Atlanta congregation The Temple’s Tamid learning program Jan. 12, 2021, CIE founder and President Ken Stein previews the possible foreign policy approaches of the Biden administration in Israel, Iran, the rest of the Middle East and beyond.

Incidents of anti-Semitism or Jew-hatred are rising on and off line, on and off campus. What is happening and why? How is hate speech protected? When does criticism of Israel become something sinister?

In a collaboration with Atlanta congregation The Temple’s Tamid learning program Jan. 12, 2021, CIE founder and President Ken Stein previews the possible foreign policy approaches of the Biden administration in Israel, Iran, the rest of the Middle East and beyond.

Jewish Publication Society (JPS) JPS Tanach Hebraico-Inglês: texto tradicional em hebraico e a nova tradução da JPS. Filadélfia: Jewish Publication Society, 2003: O apego do povo judeu à Terra de Israel, assim como o próprio judaísmo, evoluiu através da história e mudou em relação às conjunturas e situações de tempo e espaço. As Alianças feitas […]

Desde a época das alianças bíblicas, os judeus comprometeram-se a acreditar em um único D’s, num vínculo inquebrável com a Terra de Israel. Desde o princípio, a identidade judaica foi cercada por compromissos mútuos entre D’s e o povo.

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli SperlingEmory University and Center for Israel Educationkenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Guled Ahmed, “An Emboldened Horn of Africa Axis and an Unfolding Humanitarian Crisis Await the Biden Administration,” Middle East Institute, December 23, 2020.  https://www.mei.edu/publications/emboldened-horn-africa-axis-and-unfolding-humanitarian-crisis-await-biden Daphna Aviram-Nitzan and Hila Shoef Kollwitz, “Global Warming—Israelis Concerned,” Israel Democracy Institute, December 13, 2020.https://en.idi.org.il/articles/33054 Naama Barak, “First […]

Modern Zionism to 1949 Learning about modern Jewish history, Israel and the Middle East can be daunting. Whether student or teacher, Jew or non-Jew, knowing what sources to trust and where to find them can be overwhelming, given the number of blogs, organizations, websites, and individuals who claim their views are the most relevant, salient, […]

Whether you are Jewish or non-Jewish, knowing and familiarizing yourself with the history and future of Israel is about knowing your unique origins.