1 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 Organiza;on • Hebrew Language: A Nation’s Choice Tal Ginfas-David, CIE Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organiza;on • 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 Organiza;on • Israel and Prayer Staff Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organiza;on • Israel’s Diversity through Popular CultureStaff Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organiza;on 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 Organiza;on • Experiential Text Study: Zionism and Passover Tal Ginfas-David, CIE Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organiza;on • Using YouTube to Teach Zionism and Israel Staff Teen Educators 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organiza;on • Ptitim: Food and State Building Staff Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organiza;on • Israel in the Media: Critical Thinking in a Time of Misinformation Eli Sperling, CIE Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organiza;on 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 Organiza;on • Israel’s Jewish Democracy: Teaching with Newspapers Tal Ginfas-David, CIE Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organiza;on 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 Organiza;on • The US-Israel Relationship Staff Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organiza;on • Model Knesset Simulation for younger grades Steve Kerbel, CIEElementary Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organiza;on 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 Wednesday July 1, 2020 5 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 Organiza;on • Designing an Online Escape Room Using Primary SourcesRich Walter, CIE Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organiza;on • 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 Organiza;on • Israel on a College Campus – Challenges and Opportunities Michele Freesman, CIE Teen Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organiza;on • Creating Integrated Units Tal Grinfas-David, CIE Elementary Educators • Teen Educators • Adult Educators • Day School • Supplementary School • Communal Organiza;on 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.