Program & Events

  • June 25-29, 2017, The 16th annual CIE/ISMI Workshop for pre-collegiate teachers. "History, Culture and Politics of Modern Israel" Atlanta, GA 

  • June 15, 2017 -- Ken Stein, "The June 1967 War: A Retrospective," Jewish Breakfast Club, Atlanta, GA

  • June 13, 2017 -- Ken Stein, "US-Israel Relations: Presidents and Prime Ministers," Association for Israel Studies, Boston, MA

  • June 11, 2017 -- Ken Stein, "Learning and Teaching the June 1967 War," Jewish Council for Public Affairs, New York, NY

  • June 9-10 -- Eli Sperling, "Shabbat Music and Learning about Issues Facing Israeli Society Today: A Weekend of Singing and Learning with the Temple Atlanta's 2017 Adult Trip to Israel," Mitzpeh Ramon, Israel 
  • June 7, 2017 -- Eli Sperling, "The Proliferation of Zionism and Hebrew Music in the US During the 1920s, 30s, and 40s," Ben-Gurion Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism, Beer-Sheva, Israel

  • May 30, 2017 -- Ken Stein, Martin Indyk, Shibli Telhami, “U.S.Policy in the Middle East: Fifty Years After the June 1967 War,” Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY, Video of live stream: https://www.cfr.org/event/us-policy-middle-east-fifty-years-after-six-day-war

  • May 30, 2017 -- Rich Walter, "Ben-Gurion in His Own Words: Views on Judaism and Zionism from Israel's Founding Father," Temple Beth Shalom, Dunwoody, GA

  • April 27, 2017 -- Ken Stein, “The June 1967 War Was a Transformative Event: it Changed Israeli, Jewish and Middle Eastern History,” Jewish Council for Public Affairs, (58 minutes), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTDQ1aQ7cDw

About ISMI

What We Do at ISMI

  • Founded in 1998, we are the OLDEST permanent Israel academic center in the United States.

  • ISMI has supported twelve Israel Visiting Scholars who have taught 600 students in 35 courses. 

  • ISMI offers enriching internships to a select few Emory students every semester

  • ISMI conducts Israel education workshops for teachers across the country