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…
The reactions to Hamas’ killing of 1,200 Israelis and others and abduction of more than 240 on Oct. 7 have rippled across Israeli society and left their marks on Israeli music, art and other aspects…
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…
Rabbi Michael Berger, a professor in Emory University’s religion department, and CIE President Ken Stein, an Emory emeritus professor, trace 3,000 years of Jewish connection to the Land of Israel and the strategies that prepared…
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.
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.
Recorded March 20, 2022, this 33-minute presentation by Center for Israel Education President Ken Stein addresses how teachers’ decisions on when in history to begin the story of Israel alter what students learn about Zionism, the State of Israel and the Jewish people’s connection to the land.
In a 40-minute video recorded June 14, 2021, Dr. Yaron Ayalon of the College of Charleston and Rich Walter of the Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta delve into the history and the political and cultural…
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…
How do Israeli leaders balance the demands of serving their state and protecting the Jewish People worldwide?
June 30, 2020 Even as Israel, like America, guarantees religious freedom, it has been connected from its inception to Judaism, the religion of the Jewish people. Nevertheless, that connection has been fraught with tension, from…
During the 2019 CIE/ISMI Educator Workshop on Modern Israel, Emory University Professor Michael Berger traces the evolution of religious Zionism from its roots in Europe to its participation in current Israeli politics.
Professor Doron Shultziner explains the origins of Israel’s democratic norms and how the country has used Basic Laws to uphold the rule of law in the absence of a formal constitution.
Scholars Asher Susser, Yitzhak Reiter, Yaron Ayalon and Rachel Fish discuss Zionism’s emergence, evolution, and its impact on Jewish and Israeli identity.
Emory Professor of Contemporary and Middle Eastern History, Political Science, and Israeli Studies and Center for Israel Education President Ken Stein discusses the teaching and status of Israel on college campuses at the CIE 2018 Educator Enrichment Workshop.
Dr. Rabbi Michael Berger analyzes the history of Judaism and the origins of Jewish nationhood — from the initial settling of Eretz Yisrael to the aftermath of the Bar-Kochba Revolt — at the 2018 CIE Educator Enrichment Workshop.
Israel’s Declaration of Independence which was issued by David Ben-Gurion in Tel-Aviv on May 14, 1948 was drafted by a small committee. This video highlights the similarities and differences between the Israeli and American declarations of independence and outlines the Israeli Declaration’s contents including the state’s intentions towards its citizens, the historical connection of the Jewish people to the Land of Israel, and the right of the Jewish people to determination.
