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Proven Success in Israel Education: Context, Sources and Perspective

Proven Success in Israel Education: Context, Sources and Perspective

Using original sources and employing perspective are keys to substantive Israel education. Failure to use either, handicaps and prejudices learning about Israel. When documents and texts or a broad overview of the literature in a field are not employed, there is a strong possibility that the educator either has a personal political agenda or, is covering up for their own lack of knowledge of what they are teaching. This premise is true for teaching any country’s history and through the lens of any discipline. I reside in the discipline of history.

Issues and Analyses, Ken's Blog|July 13, 2020
Origins of Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Memorial Day

Origins of Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Memorial Day

Using original sources, learners will explore the origins of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, in Israel. The unit includes historical discussion on the importance of commeorating the tragedy of the Holocaust and different proposals that were put forward in the Land of Israel both before and after the creation of the state doing so. A writing prompt is included for use in school settings.

Issues and Analyses|April 14, 2020
Forgotten Heroes: The Jewish Resistance and Exodus 1947

Forgotten Heroes: The Jewish Resistance and Exodus 1947

Veterans of the Jewish Resistance in France participated in the rescue of tens of thousands of Jews during WWII. They provided emissaries from the Land of Israel with vital infrastructure for clandestine Zionist activities in France, including money, manpower, forged documents, accommodation, and contacts among the French authorities. In July-August 1947, they were significantly involved in the dramatic story of the Exodus 1947, the ship full of Holocaust survivors turned back by the British. It is regrettable that their contribution to the creation of the State of Israel is almost entirely absent from the collective memory.

Issues and Analyses|August 14, 2019
Is the BDS Movement on the Rise?

Is the BDS Movement on the Rise?

According to the BDS movement’s Palestinian branch, the impact of the movement “is increasing substantially.” Many pro-Israel sites and organizations agree with that assessment. But how accurate is this prognosis?

Issues and Analyses|August 5, 2019
One Tribe, Multiple Minyans

One Tribe, Multiple Minyans

Four out of every five Jews in the world live in the United States and Israel; 6.3 million in Israel, 6.7 million in the US.  According to Pew Research Center Studies, 7 in 10 American Jews feel attached or very attached to Israel.

Issues and Analyses, Ken's Blog|February 13, 2018
What Works in Zionist Education

What Works in Zionist Education

In teaching history, the most difficult task remains creating context:catapulting students back into a different time frame and having them disregard their contemporary historical perspective. The goal is to witness history as it unfolded, not as it concluded.

Issues and Analyses, Ken's Blog|April 19, 2017
A Zionist State in 1939

A Zionist State in 1939

“A Zionist State in 1939,” Dr. Kenneth W. Stein, CHAI (Atlanta), Winter 2002 “Had not the Nazi crimes been committed against Jews during World War II, the Jewish State would have never come true.” So…

Issues and Analyses, Ken's Blog|January 19, 2002
“The Intifada and the Uprisings of 1936-1939: A Comparison of the Palestinian Arab Communities”

“The Intifada and the Uprisings of 1936-1939: A Comparison of the Palestinian Arab Communities”

Comparing the 1936-39 Arab uprising in various parts of western Palestine and the intifada that began in 1987 in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, the most striking conclusion is the large number of general similarities between these manifestations of Palestinian national consciousness. The two most significant differences, however, are that the 1987 intifada generated a deeper and more prolonged Palestinian national coherence across all classes than did its predecessor and clarified and crystallized Palestinian opinion, which helped create a historic compromise in Palestinian public policy.

Issues and Analyses, Ken's Blog|June 28, 1991
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