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Israel@60

As the 60th anniversary of Israel is observed in 2008, ISMI will post documents, articles, and other unique materials pertinent to the History of Zionism and modern Israel. New items will appear weekly.

Pre-1917

Documents:
• Herzl, Theodor. The Jewish Question. 1897.

"Zionism." In The Jewish Encyclopedia, Talmud-Zweifel, 666-686. New York and London: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1906.

Articles:
"Timeline of the History of Palestine." Israel Yearbook, 1950-1951.

1917-1948

Documents:
"Balfour Declaration." 1917.

• Congressional Record, 1922 House of Representatives. "National Home for the Jewish People, House Resolution 360 (Rept. 1172)." June 30, 1922. 9799-9820, Part I, Part II.

• League of Nations. "Articles of the Palestine Mandate." July 24, 1922.

"The Peel Commission Report." Geneva, Switzerland, November 30, 1937.

Churchill, Winston. "Remarks Made to the British House of Commons in Response to the 1939 White Paper." May 23, 1939.

• Jewish Agency. "Economic and Social Transformation of Palestine." Central Zionist Archives, no. CZA S25/5934 (1937).

• Jewish Agency. "Survey of Arab Affairs." Central Zionist Archives, late 1942 or 1943: S25/5934.

• "Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives, 78th Congress, Second Session on H. Res. 418 and H. Res. 419 Resolutions Relative to the Jewish National Home in Palestine." February 8, 9, 15-16, 1944.

• Horowitz, David. "Jewish Colonization and Arab Development in Palestine." Jewish Agency (Central Zionist Archives), October 1945: S90/76.

The Zionist Organization and the Jewish Agency for Palestine. "Reports of the Executives Submitted to the Twenty-Second Zionist Congress." Jerusalem, 1946.

The Palestine Post. "Proclamation of the State of Israel: May 14, 1948." May 16, 1948: 1-2.

• Great Britain, Colonial Office Reports. "Palestine: Termination of the Mandate.” (Excellent history of the Mandate from the British viewpoint.)

 

Articles:
Weizmann, Chaim. "Palestine's Role in the Solution of the Jewish Problem." Foreign Affairs 20, 1943: 324-338.

"Summary of Israel's Independence War and Initial Laws and Regulations." Israel Yearbook, 1950-1951: 35-76.

Stein, Kenneth W. "The Jewish National Fund: Land Purchase Methods and Priorities, 1924-1939." Middle Eastern Studies 20, no. 4, April 1984: 190-205.

Stein, Kenneth W. "Palestine's Rural Economy." Studies in Zionism 8, no. 1, 1987: 25-49.

Stein, Kenneth W. "The Balfour Declaration."

1949-1967

Documents:
Eban, Abba. Address to the United Nations Security Council. In Abba Eban: Not Backward to Belligerency But Forward to Peace, 3-15. New York: Israel Information Services, June 6, 1967.

 

Articles:
"The Six Day War." Israel Government Yearbook 1967-1968/57287, March, 1968: 166-182.

1968-Present

Documents:
The New York Times. "Transcripts of Anwar el-Sadat and Menahem Begin Addresses to the Israeli Parliament." November 21, 1977.

Secretary of State Cryus R. Vance to President Jimmy Carter, memorandum. "Study Papers for the Camp David Talks." August, 1978.

 

Articles:
The Carter Center and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. "Camp David 25th Anniversary Forum." Washington, D.C. September 17, 2003.

 


Israel 101 Website

          

The Israel 101 Website will provide teachers and students with a document-based approach to the history of Zionism and the State of Israel. It will contain 48 primary documents that are relevant to Israel’s history. Each document will be accompanied by an introduction; questions and answers for pedagogic purposes; and other “teaching tools,” such as maps, graphs, charts, historic photographs and statistics, a narrative that ties it to the other documents and links to other website resources.

 The site will have cross-referencing options to provide teachers and students with multiple entry points to the timeline, concepts, themes, documents and personalities related to the evolution of modern Zionism and Israel. The documents from the pre-State period will address the questions: How did the Zionists create their State and under what conditions? The documents from 1948 and onward will explain how the State grew, became established and operated domestically and internationally. The website will be available by September 2007 and a link to it will be found at this site. Support for the website's development comes from The Avi Chai Foundation of North America.

Teacher Workshops on Modern Israel

ISMI ONE-DAY WORKSHOPS ©

ISMI one-day workshops offer pre-collegiate educators across the United States and Canada the opportunity to enhance their knowledge of modern Israel. Created by Emory University Professor Kenneth W. Stein in the late 1990s, these workshops teach both content and pedagogy, including innovative techniques for teaching modern Israel. Most recently, in 2006 and 2007, a total of eleven workshops were successfully conducted. Additional workshops are planned for 2008. Each workshop is held in conjunction with local communal and educational organizations, and is offered through the generous support of a variety of donors. For more information about bringing an ISMI one-day workshop to your community, please contact Abby Horowitz (aqhorow@emory.edu, 404-727-3040.


ISMI ONE-WEEK WORKSHOPS ©

A key objective of ISMI is to enhance the understanding of modern Israel in pre-collegiate [grades 3-12] educational settings. To accomplish this objective, one-week professional development workshops are conducted where content and pedagogy are combined, primarily to serve the needs of teachers in Jewish educational environments. Opportunities to learn from master teachers and world renowned experts are provided.

Since 2000, more than 350 teachers from more than 30 states have gainfully benefited from seven such workshops conducted under the leadership of Emory University Professor Kenneth W. Stein. Support for the more recent workshops is provided by the generosity of the Avi Chai Foundation and individual donations to ISMI. The next one-week workshop will be held in Atlanta in June 2008.

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Recommended Readings

The Way It Was The Jewish World of Rural Hesse

Stein, Mathilda W.
The Way It Was: The Jewish World of Rural Hesse
ISBN: 0 9673282 0 9
(FrederickMax Publications, 2000)

Read review in Aufbau and more

Heroic Diplomacy

Stein, Kenneth W.
Heroic Diplomacy: Sadat, Kissinger, Carter, Begin and the Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace
ISBN: 0 415 92155 4
(Routledge, 1999)

SUMMARY      PURCHASE THIS BOOK

Book Reviews:

Land Question in Palestine

Stein, Kenneth W.
The Land Question in Palestine, 1917-1939
ISBN: 0 8078 4178 1
(University of North Carolina Press, 1984 and 2003)
CHAPTER 7 "CONCLUSIONS"    PURCHASE THIS BOOK

Book Reviews:

About ISMI

Established in 1998, the Institute for the Study of Modern Israel (ISMI) is an inter-disciplinary and non-degree conferring unit of Emory University. ISMI is situated within the Donald A. Tam Institute for Jewish Studies. It promotes teaching, research and learning that focuses on Israeli culture, foreign policy, history, society, and politics. Faculty from the Emory University Departments of Anthropology, History, Middle Eastern Studies, Political Science, Sociology, and Religion offer courses exploring aspects of modern Israel and its place in modern Jewish history, the Middle East, and in the Arab-Israeli conflict. A variety of visiting faculty programs, lectures, conferences, and student internships supplement undergraduate and MA degree training... continue reading about ISMI

Current Analyses

Stay informed with the latest articles in the press by ISMI's director, Ken Stein, and other ISMI staff members:

• Stein, Kenneth W. "A Daring Declaration," The Forward Online, May 7, 2008, http://www.forward.com/articles/13309/.

• Stein, Kenneth W., Tal Grinfas-Daivd, and Ann R. Hartman. "Teaching Israel: A More Effective Strategy." Sh'ma, February 2008.

• Stein, Kenneth W. "Annapolis: Precedents and Transactions, But No Transformations," Tel Aviv Notes: An Update on Middle Eastern Developments by the Moshe Dayan Center. December 27, 2007.

Maps

The Middle East circa 1914

The Middle East circa 1914

The Middle East San Remo Agreement circa 1920 The Middle East San Remo Agreement 1920
United Nations 1947 Partition Plan United Nations 1947 Partition Plan

Israel after June 1967 War

Israel after the June 1967 War