In-Depth Presentations and Webinars

45 Years Since Camp David: Why It Worked Then and Can’t Work Now (48:26)

Emory Professor of Contemporary and Middle Eastern History, Political Science, and Israeli Studies and Center for Israel Education President Kenneth W. Stein applies decades of document-based research, interviews and scholarship, including new insights gleaned from the study of detailed minutes in the Israel State Archives, to examine the Camp David Accords 40 years after Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Menachem Begin signed the agreement Sept. 17, 1978, that concluded 13 days of negotiations led by President Jimmy Carter.

In-Depth Presentations and Webinars|September 18, 2018

Eli Sperling — Evolution of Israeli Culture and Society (video, 1:02:00)

Upon its inception, Zionism needed more than political and financial solutions to actualize a Jewish home in Palestine. The architects of the Zionist enterprise evolved a cultural identity along with state structures. Its dynamism is still evolving from the diversity of its populations’ origins. see also his excellent Development of Israeli Culture (2018).

In-Depth Presentations and Webinars|June 26, 2018

Diaspora to 1949 (2 videos, 56:36 and 31:15)

Emory Professor of Contemporary and Middle Eastern History, Political Science, and Israeli Studies and Center for Israel Education President Ken Stein outlines the history of Zionism and the British Mandate at the CIE 2018 Educator Enrichment Workshop.

In-Depth Presentations and Webinars|January 1949

Origins of Jewish Nationhood (video, 1:19:00)

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.

In-Depth Presentations and Webinars|June 24, 2018

Israel on Campus, Ken Stein (video, 1:06:00)

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.

In-Depth Presentations and Webinars|June 1, 2018

Israel at 70: Unfinished, Ken Stein (50:45)

Israel is only 70 years old. It is certainly more developed and different than the US was in 1846. What are the domestic and foreign policy issues that remain open-ended? Which issues have settled into consensus acceptance? CIE President and Founder Professor Ken Stein explores these questions and more in this webinar from May 2018.

In-Depth Presentations and Webinars|May 8, 2018

From Truman to Obama: The Past, Present and Future of U.S.-Israel Relations (1:12:58)

On August 15, 2016, I had the pleasure of participating in a panel discussion with former Ambassador Dennis Ross for the Foundation of Defense of Democracies (FDD) in Washington, DC.

In-Depth Presentations and Webinars|August 15, 2016

William B. Quandt, “Kissinger’s Strategic Thinking During the October War” (31:00)

September 10, 2013 Speaker: Professor William Quandt, Professor Emeritus, University of Virginia, speaks at the “Yom Kippur War — A Launching Pad for U.S. Middle East Policy” conference, held in Tel Aviv by the Institute…

In-Depth Presentations and Webinars|September 10, 2013