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2020 Center for Israel Education and Emory University Institute for the Study of Modern Israel Educator – Content and Pedagogy --Online Workshop – Four Day Schedule www.israeled.org Professor Kenneth Stein, Founding Director Emory Institute for the Study of Modern Israel and CIE Founding President

Sunday June 28, 2020 Daily theme: Peoplehood and the Emergence of Zionism

Introduction & Framing the Concepts of the Week; Introduction to the CIE Website 12:00 pm -12:45 pm Digital Learning and the Website staff

Keynote 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Origins of Jewish Nationhood: Biblical and Rabbinic Forerunners Michael Berger, Emory University

Implementing What We Are Learning – Setting Our Goals Small group Zoom meetings with participants and staff to begin the development of how you will incorporate what you learned in your work: 2:15 – 3:15 Participants will be assigned one staff member to work with throughout the week Advisors: Staff

Panel: Strategies for Remote Learning and Engagement Rabbi Peter Berg-Temple Atlanta, Keith Dvorchik, Executive Director Orlando Federation, 3:30 – 4:45 Adam Shapiro, Head of School, Golda Och Academy, Andrew Stein, CIO, 1unit, Inc. Distance Learning Specialist Moderated by Ken Stein, CIE and ISMI Emory University 2

Breakout Sessions: Modeling Content for the Classroom – Live and Distance Learning Approaches

• Israel and Torah Staff Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School Communal Organizaon • Hebrew Language: A Nation’s Choice Tal Ginfas-David, CIE Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon • Peoplehood Defined: Diverging Attitudes of Diaspora and Israeli Jews Staff 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon • Israel and Prayer Staff Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon • Israel’s Diversity through Popular CultureStaff Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon

Keynote and Text Study 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm How did the Zionists Make the State 1882-1949? Ken Stein, CIE and ISMI Emory University

7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Interest Group Sessions

9:00 pm Optional Session:

Monday June 29, 2020 Daily theme: State Building

Demo and Discussion - Using CIE’s Website Documents and Sources 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Tal Grinfas-David and Ken Stein –

Keynote and Text Study: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm The Zionist Ideas and Their Relevance Today Gil Troy, McGill University and Jerusalem

Implementing What We Are Learning Facilitated discussions with participants and staff to begin the development of how you will 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm incorporate what you learned in your work: Participants will be assigned one staff member to work with throughout the week 3

Panel: 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Leaders in Israel Who Made Historic Decisions: Tracing Their Journey Rachel Fish, Gil Troy, Nachman Shai, Rich Walter,

Breakout Sessions: Modeling content for the Classroom – live and distance learning approaches

• Jewish Choices in Nineteenth Century Europe Rich Walter, CIE Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon • Experiential Text Study: Zionism and Passover Tal Ginfas-David, CIE Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon • Using YouTube to Teach Zionism and Israel Staff Teen Educators 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon • Ptitim: Food and State Building Staff Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon • Israel in the Media: Critical Thinking in a Time of Misinformation Eli Sperling, CIE Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon

Panel: Navigating Difficult Conversations 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm Tal Grinfas-David, CIE

7:15 pm – 9:00 pm Interest Group Sessions

9:00 pm Optional Film Screening and Discussion 4

Tuesday June 30, 2020 Daily theme: Politics and Conflicts

Demo and Discussion - Using CIE’s Website 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Issues and Analysis, Timeline, Contemporary Readings Eli Sperling, CIE

Keynote 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Israeli Government and Politics: Explaining Israel’s Political Predicament in 2019-2020 Reuven Hazan, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Implementing What We Are Learning Facilitated discussions with participants and staff to begin the development of how you will 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm incorporate what you learned in your work: Participants will be assigned one staff member to work with throughout the week

Panel: The Rise of Anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism in North America: Definitions and Effective Community Responses 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Rachel Fish, Dov Wilker- Deborah Lauter, Ken Stein, CIE moderator

Breakout Sessions: Modeling content for the Classroom – live and distance learning approaches

• Prospects for a Two State Solution Michele Freesman, CIE Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon • Israel’s Jewish Democracy: Teaching with Newspapers Tal Ginfas-David, CIE Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm • The Future of the Israeli Left Nachman Shai, Emory University Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon • The US-Israel Relationship Staff Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon • Model Knesset Simulation for younger grades Steve Kerbel, CIEElementary Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon

Keynote and Text Study: 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm Issues of Religion and State in Israel Today Michael Berger, Emory University

7:15 pm – 9:00 pm Interest Group Sessions

9:00 PM Optional Film Screening and Discussion

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Daily theme: Israel Today and Tomorrow

Demo and Discussion - Using CIE’s Website 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Today in Israeli History and Context for Contemporary Issues Staff

Keynote: 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm The Progression of Israeli Culture Eli Sperling, CIE

Implementing What We Are Learning 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm Facilitated discussions with participants and staff to begin the development of how you will incorporate what you learned in your work: Participants will be assigned one staff member to work with throughout the week

Panel: Israel Education what is it and what do we want it to be? 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm Rachel Fish, Executive Director of the Foundation to Combat Anti-Semitism, Tal Grinfas-David- CIE, Steven Green- Jim Joseph Foundation, Jonathan Golden, The Gann Academy, Jack Wertheimer, Jewish Theological Seminary Moderated by Ken Stein, CIE and ISMI Emory University

Breakout Sessions: Modeling content for the Classroom – live and distance learning approaches

• Contemporary Music and Israel’s Diversity Eli Sperling, CIE Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon • Designing an Online Escape Room Using Primary SourcesRich Walter, CIE Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon • 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Unresolved Issues on the Arab-Israeli Conflict Aaron Bregman, CIE Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon • Israel on a College Campus – Challenges and Opportunities Michele Freesman, CIE Teen Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon • Creating Integrated Units Tal Grinfas-David, CIE Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organizaon

Keynote Israel Between Diplomacy and Wars 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm Nachman Shai, Emory University in conversation with Ken Stein, CIE and ISMI Emory University

7:15 pm – 9:00 pm Interest Group Sessions 6

9:00 PM Concluding Discussion and Presentations by Participants