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Proven Success in Israel Education: Context, Sources and Perspective

Proven Success in Israel Education: Context, Sources and PerspectiveCIE+

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|Spanish|German
The Jordanian-Israeli Treaty at 25: Geography, Location and Mutual Interest

The Jordanian-Israeli Treaty at 25: Geography, Location and Mutual InterestCIE+

Given the turmoil in Syria, sectarian violence in Iraq, Lebanon’s economic woes, Turkish military adventurism, and Iran’s regional mischief-making, the October 2019, US bipartisan congressional delegation visit to Amman made great sense. It emphasized that for Washington, Jordan is a critical geographic and political asset for America and, for anyone else interested in preserving some measure of regional stability in at least part of the tumultuous Middle East.

Bibliographies, Ken's Blog|October 28, 2019
One Tribe, Multiple Minyans

One Tribe, Multiple MinyansCIE+

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 EducationCIE+

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
Obama — Presidential Promises and Platitudes

Obama — Presidential Promises and PlatitudesCIE+

In 2008 and again in 2012, President Barack Obama made lofty promises and gallant assessments about Iran and the Middle East respectively. His remarks to the annual AIPAC conference four years ago about Israel and Iran have proved to be out and out fictions. Who will hold the 45th President accountable for promises made but not kept?

Issues and Analyses, Ken's Blog|March 5, 2016
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