Passionate, Nuanced, and Informed Israel Education
This groundbreaking course teaches students how to be passionate about Israel while developing the breadth of knowledge and perspectives to enable engagement on any issue related to Israeli history, politics, or civic society. Students investigate major regional developments of the modern era including the foundations of political Islam, pan-Arabism, modern Zionism, religious Zionism, Palestinian nationalism, the peace process, American foreign policy in the Middle East, Israel’s relationship with the UN, and American campus life.
Complete with source PDFs, full teacher's guides, explanatory videos, and downloadable worksheets, use this course to access all the tools you need to connect your students with Jewish learning.
Course Curriculum
Welcome
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Section 1: Approaches to Israel Education
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Section 2: American Jews and the State of Israel
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- Section Overview
- Source #1: Pew Research Study, A Portrait of Jewish Americans, retrieved from www.pewforum.org
- Source #2: Haaretz, Is the American Jewish pro-Israel Consensus Dying?, retrieved from www.Haaretz.com
- Source #3: Daniel Gordis, How American Jews Have Detached Themselves from Jewish History, retrieved from www.mosaicmagazine.com
Section 3: Formation of Israeli Narrative and Identity
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- Section Overview
- Source #1: Goldscheider, Calvin. Cultures in Conflict: The Arab-Israeli Conflict, pp. 3-9
- Source #2: Ross, Dennis. The Missing Peace: The Inside Story of the Fight for Middle East Peace, pp. 15-45
- Source #3: Bilu Manifesto, retrieved from https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/bilu-manifesto
- Source #4: Theodor Hertzel, Solution of the Jewish Question, pp. 533-537
- Source #5: Ahad Ha'am, Address to the 1st Zionist Congress
- Source #6: A.D. Gordon, People and Labor
- Source #7: Rabbi Yaakov Reines, quoted in Aviezer Ravitzky "Messianism, Zionism, and Jewish Relig. Radicalism" pg. 34
Section 4: Formation of Palestinian Narrative and Identity
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- Section Overview
- Source #1: Khalidi, Rashid. Palestinian Identity, "Comparing the Incomprable," pp. 19-22
- Source #2: Goldscheider, Cultures in Conflict - The Arab Israeli Conflict, "Momdouh Nofal-Palestinian Narrative"
- Source #3: Khalidi, Rashid. The Iron Cage, "The Palestinian and Arab World," pg. 22-30
- Source #4: Tayseer Abu Sakour, This Week in Palestine, "Marriage Traditions in Hebron," pp. 94-95
- Source #5: The Economist, "The Wandering Palestinian," retrieved from http://www.economist.com/node/11332217#print
Section 5: Early Israeli Pioneers
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- Source #1: The Kibbutz and Moshav: History and Overview. retrieved from http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/history-and-overview-of-the-kibbutz-movement
- Source #2: Israeli Society and Culture: The Histadrut, retrieved from http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-histadrut
- Source #3: Jewish National Fund (JNF). retrieved from http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jewish-national-fund-jnf
- Source #4: First Zionist Congress & Basel Program. retrieved from http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/first-zionist-congress-and-basel-program-1897
- Source #5: Ruth Gavison, "The Right of Jews to Statehood"
- Source #6: The Palmach. retrieved from http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-palmach
- Source #7: Shazar, Rachel Katznelson. The Plough Women: Memoirs of the Pioneer Women of Palestine, pp 56-58, 145-149
- Source #8: Deborah, Dayan. Pioneer, pp 42, 45-47, 54-55, 101-105
Section 6: Introduction to Islam
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- Source #1: Learning Each Other's Historical Narrative, Palestinians and Israelis. pp. 1-4, retrieved ffrom www.vispo.com/PRIME
- Source #2: Reuven Firestone, An Introduction to Islam for Jews, pp. 5
- Source #3: Reuven Firestone, An Introduction to Islam for Jews, chapter 15
- Source #4: Reuven Firestone, An Introduction to Islam for Jews, chapters 18-20
Section 7: Arab and Palestinian Nationalism
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- Source #1: Abdullah al-Alayili, "What is Arab Nationalism?," in Arab Nationalism, an Anthology, pp 120-127
- Source #2: Oriana Fallaci, Interview with Yasser Arafat, March 1972
- Source #3: Hamas Charter, 1988
- Source #4: Muhammad Hassanain Haykal, The Strategy of the War of Attrition, 1969
- Source #5: Majeda El-Batish, Like Hero Tupac, Israeli Arab Rapper's Music Provokes. Retrieved from http://www.timesofisrael.com/like-hero-tupac-israeli-arab-rappers-music-provokes/
Section 8: Political Islam
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- Source #1: Princeton Readings in Islamic Thought, Chapter 5: Sayyid Qutb
- Source #2: Princeton Readings in Islamic Thought, Chapter 6: Ayatollah Khomeini
- Source #3: Princeton Readings in Islamic Thought, Chapter 7: The Taliban
- Source #4: Princeton Readings in Islamic Thought, Chapter 18: Usama bin Laden
Section 9: Making of the Modern Middle East
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- Source #1: Maps of Biblical and Modern Israel
- Source #2: Bernard Lewis, The Middle East, The Challenge of Modernity, pp. 352-356
- Source #3: John Mearsheimer, "Realism, the Real World, and the Academy," pp. 23-33
- Source #4: Laqueur, Walter, and Dan Schueftan. The Israel-Arab Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict "The Mcmahon Letter," pp. 11-12
- Source #5: Laqueur, Walter, and Dan Schueftan. The Israel-Arab Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict "The Sykes-Picot Agreement," pp.13-16
- Source #6: Karl E. Meyer, Kingmakers: The Invention of the Modern Middle East, pp. 159-163, 184
- Source #7: The Balfour Declaration, retrieved from www.israeled.org/resources/documents/balfour-declaration
- Source #8: Abdulla al Alayili, Arab Nationalism, an Anthology, "What is Arab Nationalism?" pp. 120-127
- Source #9: The Peel Commission Report, retrieved from www.israeled.org/resources/documents/peel-commission-report
Section 10: Independence and Naqba
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- Source #1: Learning Each Other's Historical Narrative, Palestinians and Israelis. pp. 19-31 Retrieved from www.vispo.com/PRIME
- Source #2: Hassan Ibrahim, "Arabism's Greastest Loss", retrieved from http://www.aljazeera.com/focus/arabunity/2008/02/2008525184226272370.html
- Source #3: Ben-Dror Yemini, "What about the Jewish Nakba?", retrieved from http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4597344,00.html
- Source #4: Ofer Aderet, "Israel marks first-ever National Day Remembering Jewish Exodus from Arab Lands", retrieved from http://forward.com/news/israel/210138/israel-marks-first-ever-national-day-remembering-j/
- Source #5: Amos Oz, "In the Land of Israel", pp. 95-96
Section 11: Independence and Its Implications
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Section 12: Independence and Theology
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- Source #1: Rav Herzog's Prayer for State of Israel
- Source #2: Elyashiv Reichner, "By Faith Alone," Go Shave--It is a Holiday, pp 138-139, 146-147
- Source #3: Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook, May 1967
- Source #4: Rav Yehuda Amital, "Reishit Tzemichat Ge'ulatenu: What Kind of Redemption Does Israel Represent?" Sicha delivered at Yeshivat Har Etzion, Yom Haatzma'ut 2005
- Source #5: Rav Soloveitchik, Kol Dodi Dofek , pp. 31-42
- Source #6: Yeshaya Leibowitz, After Kibiyeh, in "Judaism, Human Values, and the Jewish State", ed Eliezer Goldman, pp. 185-190
Section 13: The Ethics of Independence: Deir Yassin
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- Source #1: Sami Adwan, Dan Bar-On, and Eyal Naveh, "Side by Side: Parallel Histories of Israel-Palestine, pp. 119-131
- Source #2: Zipora Porat, "Letters from Jerusalem, 1947-1948," pp. 133-136, 142-143, 153-158
- Source #3: Menachem Begin, "The Revolt: The Story of the Irgun," pp. 162-165
- Source #4: Benny Moris, "1948: The First Arab-Israeli War," pp. 125-132, 170
- Source #5: Avi Sagi, "Between Legal Inquiry and A Discussion of Ethics"
- Source #6: Michael Walzer, "The Ethics of Warfare in the Jewish Tradition"
- Source #7: Shalom Lamm, "Purity of Arms, A Critical Evaluation"
Section 14: After Independence: Building a Jewish State
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- Source #1: Law of Return, retrieved from www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/an-introduction-to-the-law-of-return 410
- Source #2: Isabel Kershner, "Who Is a Jew? Maybe Not Woman Converted by Esteemed New York Rabbi", retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/24/world/middleeast/israel-rabbinate-jewish-conversion.html
- Source #3: Petah Tikva, "Israel's Chief Rabbis Want to Change a Rule to Make Ivanka Trump Jewish", retrieved from http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/israel-ivanka-trump-make-jewish-definition-us-president-donald-trump-legislation-a7547436.html
- Source #4: "Trump 'concerned' after Israel questioned Ivanka's conversion", retrieved from http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Report-Concern-over-legitimacy-of-Ivanka-Trumps-conversion-was-conveyed-to-Israel-475454
Section 15: After Independence: Culture and Immigration
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Section 16: After Independence: Nasser and Egypt
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Section 17: After Independence: Jerusalem
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Section 18: Buildup to 1967
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Section 19: National, Religious, and Theological Implications of 1967
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- Source #1: Abraham Joshua Heschel, Israel: An Echo of Eternity, pp. 5-13
- Source #2: Eliezer Berkowitz, Zionism and the State of Israel, Responding to Tragedies and Triumphs, The Six Day War, pp. 292-295
- Source #3: Yishayahu Leibowitz, Occupation and Terror, in "Judaism, Human Values, and the Jewish State", ed Eliezer Goldman, pp. 237-240
- Source #4: Zvi Yehuda Kook, quoted in Aviezer Ravitsky, Messianism, Zionism, and Jewish Radicalism, p. 131-132
- Source #5: Yitzchak Nissim, For Great is the Day of Jerusalem, pp. 220-223
- Source #6: Sari Nusseibeh, Once Upon a Country pp. 94-98
Section 20: Aftermath of 1967: Borders and Settlements
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- Source #1: Khartoum Declaration, retrieved from www.palestinefacts.org/pf_1967to1991_khartoum.php
- Source #2: UN Resolution 242, retrieved from www.un.org/Depts/dpi/palestine/ch3.pdf
- Source #3: Yeshayahu Leibowitz, The Terrirories, in "Judaism, Human Values, and the Jewish State", ed Eliezer Goldman, pp. 223-228
Section 21: The Yom Kippur War
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Section 22: Aftermath of 1973: Mahapach
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Section 23: Land Day
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- Source #1: Sam Bahour and Fida Jiryis, "Why Land Day Still Matters", retrieved from http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/why-land-day-still-matters-1.421606
- Source #2: Micheal Omer-Man, "This Week in History: The 1976 Land Day Protests", retrieved from http://www.jpost.com/Features/In-Thespotlight/This-Week-in-History-The-1976-Land-Day-protests
- Source #3: Zeina Azzam, Palestine’s Day of the Land, Yawm al-Ard, 1976-2016: Commemorating Forty Years, retrieved from thejerusalemfund.org/8167/palestines-day-land-yawn-al-ard-1976-2016-commemorating-forty-years
Section 24: The Peace Process
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- Source #1: Yasir Arafat, "Speech at the Signing of the Israel PLO Declaration of Principles, September 13th, 1993" in Walter Laqueur and Barry Rubin, eds., The Israel-Arab Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict Yasir Arafat Speech ,pp 427-428
- Source #2: Anwar Sadat, "Peace with Justice," in Walter Laqueur and Barry Rubin, eds., The Israel-Arab Reader: A Documentary History of the Middle East Conflict Anwar Sadat Speech, pp 211-215
- Source #3: Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty
- Source #4: Yehuda Avner, The Child in El Arish in "The Prime Ministers"
Section 25: The First Lebanon War
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- Source #1: UN Security Council Resolution 425
- Source #2: Thomas L. Friedman, The Beirut Massacre: The Four Days, retrieved from nytimes.com/1982/09/26/world/the-beirut-massacre-the-four-days.html
- Source #3: Report of The Kahan Commission, February 8th 1983
- Source #4: Elyashiv Reichner, "By Faith Alone," pp 185-186, 190-191
- Source #5: Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, "By His Light," pp. 126-127
Section 26: The First Intifada
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Section 27: Zionism on Campus
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- Source #1: Pew Research Study, A Portrait of Jewish Americans. Retrieved July 05, 2017, from www.pewforum.org
- Source #2: Alan Johnson, The Left and the Jews: Time for a Rethink, retrieved from fathomjournal.org/the-left-and-the-jews-time-for-a-rethink/
- Source #3: What is BDS?, bdsmovement.net/what-is-bds
- Source #4: Jay Michaelson, Why Do Activists Connect Israel to Campus Rape? Intersectionality 101, retrieved from http://forward.com/opinion/326042/dont-be-surprised-when-activists-connect-israel-to-campus-rape/ http://forward.com/opinion/326042/dont-be-surprised-when-activists-connect-israel-to-campus-rape/forward.com/opinion/326042/dont-be-surprised-when-activists-connect-israel-to-campus-rape/
- Source #5: Adam Nagourney, In U.C.L.A. Debate Over Jewish Student, Echoes on Campus of Old Biases, retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/us/debate-on-a-jewish-student-at-ucla.html?
- Source #6: Edward Said, Propaganda and War, Ch. 16
Section 28: Israel, the US and the UN
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- Source #1: Ambassador Nikki Haley, Remarks at a Press Availability Following UN Security Council Consultations on the Middle East , US Mission to the UN, retrieved from https://usun.state.gov/remarks/7678
- Source #2: Full text of US envoy Samantha Power's speech after abstention on anti-settlement vote, retrieved from http://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-us-envoy-samantha-powers-speech-after-abstention-on-anti-settlement-vote/
- Source #3: Summary of Goldstone, "Part 5: Conclusions and Recommendations," pp 404-430
- Source #4: Richard Kemp, The U.N.’s Gaza Report Is Flawed and Dangerous, retrieved from nytimes.com/2015/06/26/opinion/the-uns-gaza-report-is-flawed-and-dangerous.html
Section 29: Jewish and Democratic
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Section 30: Jewish Demographics
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- Source #1: Palestinian Population to Exceed Jewish Population by 2020, retrieved from maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769606
- Source #2: Haviv Rettig Gur, With the Herzog-Livni Merger, an Opposition Materializes, retrieved fromtimesofisrael.com/with-the-herzog-livni-merger-an-opposition-materializes
- Source #3: Marissa Newman and Adiv Sterman, Herzog, Livni Join Forces to Oust Netanyahu, Will Rotate Premiership, retrieved from timesofisrael.com/herzog-livni-join-forces-to-rotate-leadership
- Source #4: Raphael Ahren, The Newly Confident Israeli Proponents of a One-State Solution, retrieved from timesofisrael.com/at-hebron-conference-proponents-of-the-one-state-solution-show-their-growing-confidence
- Source #5: Executive Summary; An Interim Plan to Improve Israel's Security Situation and International Standing, retrieved from en.cis.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/snpl_plan_eng.pdf
Section 31: Jewish Religious Extremism
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- Source #1: Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, "On the Assassination of Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin z"l"
- Source #2: Chris Hedges with Joel Greenberg, West Bank Massacre; Before Killing, Final Prayer and Final Taunt, retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/28/world/west-bank-massacre-before-killing-final-prayer-and-final-taunt.html
- Source #3: Clyde Haberman, West Bank Massacre; Israel Orders Tough Measures Against Militant Settlers, retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/28/world/west-bank-massacre-israel-orders-tough-measures-against-militant-settlers.html
- Source #4: Idith Zertal and Akiva Eldar, Fire on the Hilltops, pp. 119-122
- Source #5: Idith Zertal and Akiva Eldar, A Moveable Death, pp. 267-270
- Source #6: Yaacov Lozowick, Right to Exist, pp. 159-160
- Source #7: A Rabbinic Exchange on Baruch Goldstein's Funeral, in Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, Leaves of Faith, pp. 255-260
Section 32: A Religious Civic Society
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Section 33: Looking Back/Looking Forward
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