“Owning Israel’s Story: Rejuvenation or Disappearance,” Professor Ken Stein, Eli Talks (video, 15:00)
If Jews do not own and tell their own story, then others will show falsehoods about who we are and what Israel is about.
Chaim Nahman Bialik, 1873-1934
Bialik, recognized as Israel’s national poet, was born in Ukraine and moved to Palestine in 1924. After interviewing survivors of the 1903 Kishinev Pogrom, he wrote “Be-Ir ha-Haregah” (“In the City of Slaughter”), in which…
Judah Alkalai, 1798-1878
Alkalai is credited with the idea of a national fund for Jewish land purchases. Adamant about the Jewish people returning to Eretz Yisrael, he advocated statehood in a booklet called “Shema Yisrael.” After the Damascus…
Origins of Israeli Democracy: Jewish Political Culture and Pre-State Practice
Neither Israel’s political culture nor Israel’s democracy based on Jewish self determination simply materialized on May 15, 1948. A connection exists from Jewish self-rule in the Diaspora to Zionist political autonomy during the Yishuv and to contemporary Israeli political culture. Likewise, the origins of Israeli democracy are found in the hundreds of years of Jewish Diasporas transitioning into the Zionist movement to the state; from aliyot before the Palestine Mandate to 1948 and since. Components of Israeli political culture…
Israel’s 9/11 — A Pause in the War, Unknown Paths Forward: Strategic Considerations and Directions of Antisemitism (38:38)
Seven weeks after Hamas brutally killed more than 1,200 Israelis and others and kidnapped 239, hostages were exchanged for Palestinian prisoners. Joy, anguish and uncertainty hovered in Israel as some hostages were released and others…
Ken Stein, “Anti-Israel Teaching on American Campuses: Origins, Extent and Remedies”
Since the June 1967 war, Anti-Israeli sentiment on US campuses has grown to extraordinary proportions merging with previously evolved anti-Zionism into sporadic mention to regular embrace.
Israel’s 9/11 — One on One With David Harris: Defending Israel, Supporting the U.S., Reinforcing the Jewish People (45:19)
The 11th webinar in the Center for Israel Education’s weekly series on the Israel-Hamas war is a special one-on-one conversation between CIE President Ken Stein and David Harris, the former longtime CEO of the American…
Gil Troy, “Our Failed Colleges: Time to Get Radical” With Pre-University Israeli Literacy
America’s need for a robust higher education system, where students learn to think deeply, engage respectfully, and disagree constructively, is greater than ever.
Israel’s 9/11 — Hamas-Israel War 3 Months On: Astute Assessments and Reasoned Expectations (47:07)
As we enter 2024 and near the end of three months of fighting in response to the massive Hamas terrorist attack of Oct. 7, two expert observers participate in CIE’s 12th weekly webinar on the…
Israel’s 9/11 — The View From the Pulpit: Rabbis Address the War’s Impact on Their Communities (48:39)
Hamas’ devastating attack of Oct. 7, killing 1,200 Israelis and others and taking some 240 hostages, shocked Jewish communities around the world as they dealt with the loss of friends and family members. The responses…
Israel’s 9/11 — A New Era of Antisemitism: Political, Academic, Literary and Physical Attacks and Responses (36:08)
As devastating as Oct. 7 was, when Hamas brutally murdered 1,200 Israelis and others and kidnapped more than 240, the pain and shock have grown as Jews in the Diaspora have faced a surge in…
Scott Abramson, “Gen Z, Infected With Antisemitism, Is Spreading the Very Disease It’s Committed to Eradicating, Racism”
April 8, 2024 By Scott Abramson If, in the eyes of a generation, social justice is the highest good and racism the greatest evil, shouldn’t that generation fiercely oppose history’s oldest and deadliest bigotry, antisemitism? …
Israel’s 9/11 — College Campus Turmoil: Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism and Academic Unease (41:46)
Anti-Israel demonstrations on college campuses in North America and Europe have often crossed the line from free speech to anti-Jewish harassment. Beyond ignoring or even endorsing the killing of 1,200 Israelis and others in the…
Israel’s 9/11 — Evolving Realities in Europe-Israel Relations (45:03)
The European Union’s foreign policy chief decried “another massacre of civilians” and called for an end to the Gaza “bloodbath” on June 8 after Israel rescued four of the more than 120 hostages remaining from…
How Did the Zionists Create the State of Israel?
Delve into the roots of Jewish peoplehood and the pivotal moments in Jewish history that led to the rebirth of Israel in 1948. Explore how precarious Diaspora life and outbursts of violent antisemitism catalyzed Jewish self-determination. Examine how Jewish leaders employed compromise, perseverance and adaptation in interactions with the Ottomans, British, and Arabs to overcome challenges, and so much more.
How Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism
Apply the lessons of centuries of lies, propaganda, and conspiracy theories directed against the Jewish people to understand how such hate has morphed into double standards, delegitimization, and demonization of Israel and the liberation movement of Zionism.
Israel’s 9/11 — Connections and Conflict in Latin America (45:52)
Countries from Mexico south have significant Jewish populations and have played important roles in Jewish history, from the high of Guatemala’s Jorge García-Granados casting the first U.N. vote in 1947 for the creation of Israel to the…
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Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of Iran, Friday Sermon, October 2024
October 4, 2024 Source: https://english.khamenei.ir/news/11146/Palestinian-and-Lebanese-Resistance-pushed-back-Zionist-regime Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s speech is a synopsis of Iran’s hatred of Israel and the United States and the need to rid the region of foreigners. Khamenei provides deep insights into…
Explainer: What Is Zionism?
From biblical times to the present, Jews and Judaism have had an unbroken connection to Zion, a reference to Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel, derived from the hill at the heart of Jerusalem. Zionism…
Zionists and Arabs: Historical Sources on the Path to the Modern State of Israel
Compiled by Dr. Ken Stein, June 2021 These sources and references unfold the history of the Jewish state through 1949, from state-seeking to state-making to state-keeping.
Explainers: Iran and the Hamas-Israel War (5 videos)
Compiled by Aidan New Iran lies behind much of what Israel has battled since Hamas launched its brutal terrorist attack Oct. 7, 2023. By theology and ideology, Iran is committed to Israel’s destruction. By policy…
Explainer: How Shia Ideologies Fuel Hatred of Israel (video, 4:13)
Compiled by Aidan New Iran’s antisemitic rhetoric is deeply rooted in Shia-specific Muslim ideologies that portray Jews and the State of Israel as enemies and embrace the idea that the ritual uncleanliness of Jews dirties…
Explainers: Antisemitism and the Hamas-Israel War (4 videos)
In multiple worldwide realms, the magnitude of hate for Israel and Jews soared after October 7, 2023.
