July 4, 2026 By Ken Stein, President, Center for Israel Education A short comparison of key concepts found in the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, and the Israeli Declaration of Independence, May 14,…
The course syllabi were all used in college-level courses and are appropriate for advanced teen and adult education enrichment. The content and objectives of each course are reflected in the short introductory paragraph. Often the reading,…
These hundred or so terms were provided to students at the beginning of each semester in Ken Stein’s Arab-Israeli conflict class taught at Emory University from 1993 to 2021.
On January 1, 2022, I completed 43 years of teaching at Emory University. It was a great run and great fun. Along the way, I accumulated more pieces of paper than was necessary, among them…
Historical Context Explore the historical context through the events and the documents leading up to the 1991 Madrid Middle East Peace Conference: 1949: Israel ends the War of Independence without secure borders or Arab acceptance….
On March 6, 1991, President George H.W. Bush tells Congress, “The time has come to put an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict.” For the next eight months, intensive shuttle diplomacy by Secretary of State James…
Key elements that affect whether ripeness for negotiations exists: Visit https://israeled.org/topic/arab-israeli-negotiations for more information on previous negotiations. Also see Stein and Lewis, “Making Peace Among Arabs and Israel: Lessons From Fifty Years of Negotiating Experience,”…
June 16, 2021 Two Israeli Middle East experts, Professor Asher Susser of Tel Aviv University and Dr. Sarah Feuer of the Institute for National Security Studies and the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, address…
CIE asked friends and experts in the field of Israel Studies to discuss the challenges and successes of the State of Israel in this past year, and to reflect on the coming year. Below, we…
Jerusalem Day, or Yom Yerushalayim in Hebrew, is a commemoration of the reunification of Jerusalem after the Six-Day War in June 1967. It is celebrated on the 28th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar.
On this day, the city is pampered and beautified just for the sake of celebration. So what typically takes place on this special day? Examples include official ceremonies, tours, tastings, a festive parade, a lot of music, unique characters with a story and everything Jerusalem has to offer.
“Public Diplomacy in Low-Intensity Conflict: Israel as a Case Study” Dr. Nachman Shai, Emory University, Spring 2020 Israel is constantly in the heart of international media coverage. Since its inception in 1948, it has struggled…
“A Case Study in Nation Building: Israel” Dr. Nachman Shai, Emory University, Spring 2020 The nation-building experiment materialized in a variety of fields, including military defense, economy, agriculture, high tech and immigrant absorption, as well…
“History, Politics, and Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict” Kenneth W. Stein, Emory University, Spring 2020 This course is an introductory survey of the history, politics and diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli conflict. Coverage includes introductions to…
“Contesting Holy Places in Israel and Palestine” Dr. Yitzhak Reiter, Emory University, Fall 2018 This course focuses on the contested holy places in Israel and historical Palestine as national and political symbols for consolidating internal…
“Jerusalem in Regional Politics” Dr. Yitzhak Reiter, Emory University, Fall 2018 Jerusalem is a city holy to the world’s three monotheistic religions and a rallying point for contesting groups in the Middle East. This course…
“Israel: Religion, Society, Culture, and Identity” Dr. Reda Mansour, Emory University, Fall 2017 This course explores the issues of religion, society, culture and identity in Israel. Israel is an emergent society composed of Jewish immigrants…
“Israeli Diplomacy: History, and Politics” Dr. Reda Mansour, Emory University, Fall 2017 This course explores Israeli diplomacy from the state’s establishment in 1948 until now. We explore major changes in Israeli diplomacy through its many…
“History of Modern Israel” Kenneth W. Stein, Introductory Level (Seminar or General), Emory University, Spring 2016 This undergraduate lecture course focuses on the history, politics, society, economics and culture of modern Israel. It traces the…
“The Inter-Arab System: Unity and Division From World War I to the ‘Arab Spring’” Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, Graduate Seminar, Tel Aviv University, Spring 2016 This course seeks to understand one of the most important factors shaping…
History of the Jewish People What drives Israeli Diplomacy? Land Purchase as the Zionist mean to Develop the State Land purchase in Palestine in the 1920s was strategic and led to the successful creation of…
“History of Israeli Foreign Policy” Ziv Rubinovitz, Undergraduate, Emory University, Spring 2015 This course analyzes Israel’s foreign relations and examines the tension between Israel’s geographic location in the Middle East and its Western orientation. The…
History, Politics, and Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict HIST 383-000/POLS 383-000/JS 383-000/MESAS 370-000 Undergraduate Fall 2015 – Kenneth W. Stein Monday/Wednesday 10:00-11:15am, Anthropology 303 (143 students) View Syllabus This course is an introductory survey of…
Confirmation Class Living in a land surrounded by enemies. Investigating Media Bias against Israel For a variety of reasons, media sources have adopted a rigidly negative (or positive) narrative about Israel irrespective of the truth/full…
Jewish History/Israeli History The Declaration of Independence/Statehood was the end of one stage of Israeli history and the beginning of another. Netanyahu’s Speech at Bar-Ilan University, 2009 The two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict has…
