Explainer: Carter’s Search for Middle East Peace (4:15)
In this animated white board video, we explore Jimmy Carter’s efforts at achieving peace in the Middle East.
Israel on Campus, Ken Stein (video, 1:06:00)CIE+
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.
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).
Diaspora to 1949 (2 videos, 56:36 and 31:15)CIE+
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.
Origins of Jewish Nationhood (video, 1:19:00)CIE+
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 at 70: Unfinished, Ken Stein (50:45)CIE+
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.
From Truman to Obama: The Past, Present and Future of U.S.-Israel Relations (1:12:58)CIE+
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.
William B. Quandt, “Kissinger’s Strategic Thinking During the October War” (31:00)CIE+
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…
“Owning Israel’s Story: Rejuvenation or Disappearance,” Professor Ken Stein, Eli Talks (video, 15:00)CIE+
February 26, 2013 If Jews do not own and tell their own story, then others will show falsehoods about who we are and what Israel is about.
Explainer: Israeli Declaration of Independence (4:48)
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.
Explainers: U.N. Resolution 181 — The Partition Plan (3 videos, 3:07, 3:48, 4:15)
In recognition of the anniversary of the United Nations’ passage of Resolution 181 on November 29, 1947, we present our newest three-part whiteboard videos providing context to this historical moment in Jewish history.
