Program & Events

  • November 15, 2020 - Ken Stein, "Is a Palestinian-Israeli Peace Possible in the 21st Century,"  - Teen Israel Leadership Institute, Atlanta, GA  Remote 
  • November 15, 2020 - Michele Freesman, "Israel on the College Campus," - Teen Israel Leadership Institute, Atlanta, GA  Remote 
  • November 8, 2020 - Michele Freesman, "Israel's Changing Borders- A Map Activity," Teen Israel Leadership Institute, Atlanta, GA  
  • November 5, 2020 - Ken Stein, "Origins and Impact of the BDS Movement," Emory Hillel, Atlanta, GA, Remote
  • October 23, 2020 - Ken Stein, " Arab-Israeli Negotiations: How does the UAE-Israel Agreement differ with Israeli-Egyptian- Israeli negotiations of the 1970s," Emory Alumni Weekend, Atlanta, GA  Remote
  • September 29, 2020, "Analyses and Impact of the Abraham Accords," presentation to ISMI past and present Interns, Atlanta, GA, Remote
  • September 28, 2020, "Middle East Diplomacy after the Abraham Accords," Congregation Or Hadash, Atlanta, GA, Remote
  • September 3, 2020, Panel, "American Jews and the 2020 Election - Context and Consequenses," Atlanta, GA, Remote
  • August 18, 2020 -- Ken Stein, "Arab-Israeli Negotiations  - From Nixon to Trump and beyond the 2020 Elections," Emory Alumni Association Online Community, Remote 
  • August 16, 2020 -- Ken Stein, "The 1967 War- Why its Aftermath Remains Unfinished," Nantucket, MA, Remote
  • August 15, 2020 -- Ken Stein, "Intelligent Design and Not the Big Bang Theory - How the Zionists Built the State to 1948," Nantucket, MA, Remote
  • August 14, 2020 -- Ken Stein, "Jimmy Carter's Ambivalent Animus for Israel: Personal and Scholarly Reflections," Nantucket, MA, Remote
  • August 11, 2020 -- Ken Stein, "The Unfinished June 1967 War," Orlando Jewish Federation and JCC, Orlando, Fl, Remote
  • August 3, 2020 -- Ken Stein, "Zionist Nation Building: was there a Jewish state in 1939,"  Orlando Jewish Federation and JCC, Orlando, Fl, Remote
  • July 6, 2020 -- Ken Stein, "The 1993 Oslo Accords in Context" High School and College staff, Standwithus, Remote

  • June 24, 2020 -- Ken Stein, "The Making of Israel,1882-1949," High School and College staff, Standwithus, Remote

  • June 3, 2020 -- Ken Stein "Israel Learning in the US - Colleges and in Jewish Settings,"  Partnership - St. Louis/Atlanta/Yokne'am, Jewish Agency for Israel, Remote

  • June 28-July 1, 2020 -- "19th Annual ISMI/CIE Israel (virtual) Educator Workshop" 
  • June 14, 2020 -- Eli Sperling and Rich Walter, "Special Teen Seminar: Israeli Culture and Society," Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Seattle, WA
  • June 11, 2020 -- Eli Sperling, "American Zionism's Musical Roots: A Look at the Past to Understand the Present and Future of American Jewish-Israel Relations," American Jewish Historical Society's Biennial Scholars Conference 
  • June 1-2, 2020 -- Rich Walter, "Seminar for Tenth Graders," Jack M. Barack Academy, Bryn Mawr, PA
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About the Institute

 What We Do at ISMI

ISMI in the News:

February 6, 2020, "Trump Proposal Follows Several Failed Peace Plans," Atlanta Jewish Times

Publications:

November 2020 - Contemporary Reading List 

History, Politics and Diplomacy of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, 2017