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.
Israel’s 9/11 — Changes in the U.S.-Israel Relationship Since the June 1967 War (42:00)
In the days before the June 1967 war, President Lyndon Johnson warned Israel against war, saying, “If you go it alone, you will be alone.” President Joe Biden issued a similar warning in March against…
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 — Assessing Israel@76 (1:04:20)
This week Israel is soberly marking its 76th Independence Day during a war against Hamas in Gaza, where more than 130 hostages are unaccounted for more than seven months after the brutal terrorist attack of…
35 Webinars on the Hamas-Israel War
Watch our collection of weekly Wednesday webinars with expert analysis and insights into the war and related topics, and register for the next webinar.
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…
Israel’s 9/11 — More Rabbinic Wisdom: Ireland, Spain, Canada and California (44:57)
Jews worldwide have shared Israel’s devastation since Hamas and others killed 1,200 people and took more than 240 hostages Oct. 7. But Diaspora Jewish communities have struggled for empathy and allyship from neighbors. Rabbis are…
Ken Stein, “Israel y el Medio Oriente Entrevista, Israel and the Middle East,” With Dr. Armando Alducin and Maurico Friedman (75 minutes)
Five points stressed in this Spanish-English interview: 1. Hamas’ purposeful mission as stated dozens of times by Hamas leaders in their own words and in its founding 1988 Charter is to destroy Israel, degrade support…
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 — 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 — 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…
Israel’s 9/11 — Reporting From the Homefront: Observations of Reporters on the Ground in Israel (41:08)
Since Hamas viciously killed more than 1,200 Israelis, unleashed brutal sexual assaults, and dragged away some 240 hostages, global focus has increasingly turned to the situation in Gaza as Israel tries to destroy Hamas and…
Israel’s 9/11 — The War Resumes; Some Hostages Returned: The U.S.-Israel Relationship in the Context of Regional Politics (42:00)
Eight weeks after Hamas brutally killed over 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped 239 hostages, some hostages were exchanged and humanitarian convoys flowed into the Gaza Strip during a cease-fire. Hovering over the weeks of conflict, the…
CIE Speaks to Kids About Hamas-Israel War (39:00)
Dr. Tal Grinfas-David, the Center for Israel Education’s vice president for outreach and pre-collegiate school management initiatives, speaks about Israel’s war with Hamas in a special Zoom session with fourth- to seventh-graders at a Jewish day school in Canada, Vancouver Talmud Torah. Roughly half the 39-minute video consists of Dr. Grinfas-David answering the students’ insightful questions, including “Why can’t we share the land?” and “Why do people hate us?”
“Where Does Zionism Go From Here?” Views From the United States and Mexico (31:56)
In this 32-minute video recorded July 24, 2023, Mauricio Friedman, the head of Jewish education at Mexico City’s Hebraica University, and Steven Bayme, a longtime American Jewish Committee official, address the ongoing importance of Zionism…
Context and Consequences of Israel’s Proposed Judicial Overhaul (1:16:00)
As Israel turns 75 this spring, it is in the throes of a dynamic controversy over governance. Where might this ‘crisis’ or potential ‘political earthquake’ fit into Zionism’s history, and Israel’s tomorrows still to come?
Zionism and Us: Has Zionism Succeeded? (20:40)
February 4, 2023 Center for Israel Education President Ken Stein explores the state of Zionism and the Jewish people in an in-person conversation with Rabbi Peter Berg of The Temple in Atlanta, Rabbi David Silverman of the Atlanta…
Intro to Zionism Today, Gil Troy (9:57)
Professor Gil Troy, a CIE board member, lays out the continuing importance of Zionism to the Jewish people in a 10-minute video recorded Jan. 10, 2023, to help CIE mark the 75th birthday of the State of Israel.
Gil Troy and Steven Bayme, “Diaspora-Israel Relations: What Unites Jewish Communities,” July 25, 2022 (37:26)
Jewish Historians Gil Troy and Steven Bayme cogently discuss the ties and tensions between Jewish communities, primarily between American and Israeli Jews. This 37 minute video is entwined with extraordinary vivid insights.
What Is Israel Education? A Panel Discussion (29:24)
In a 30-minute video drawn from a session July 24, 2022, at the 21st annual CIE/ISMI Enrichment Workshop on Modern Israel, four veteran Israel educators define Israel education, differentiate it from Israel advocacy, discuss how educators can do it better, and preview online, multilingual learning units in development through Israel’s Ministry of Education.
Virtual Day School Teacher Seminar on Israel Education
The videos and resources below, from CIE’s day school teacher seminar on Israel education March 20, 2022, offer ways to integrate modern Israel into classrooms with ample sources and activities on the topics of Zionism,…
Israel and American Jews: The Case for Advocacy, The Case for Content, Dr. Steven Bayme and Cheryl Fishbein, (50:06)
Support for Israel is important to most members of the U.S. Jewish community, but advocacy is effective only when it begins with a foundation of deep, nuanced Israel education.
Israel and American Jews: Cultural Ties and Tensions, Part 2, Dr. Ken Stein, Jay Schaefer, Jackie Weiss, Dr. Steven Bayme, June 16, 2021, (39:45)
In the second half of a conversation recorded June 16, 2021, during the 20th annual Enrichment Workshop on Modern Israel held by CIE and the Emory Institute for the Study of Modern Israel, people involved in education at various levels respond to former American Jewish Committee official Steven Bayme’s thoughts about the differences between the world’s two largest Jewish populations.
Israel and American Jews: Cultural Ties and Tensions, Part 1, Dr. Steven Bayme, (30:01) June 16, 2021
Former longtime American Jewish Committee official Dr. Steven Bayme combines the framework of books by Peter Beinart and Daniel Gordis with recent survey data to gain insights into the differences between the world’s two largest Jewish communities.
