Published Works

Explaining Hebrew language beyond religious practice and making it a spoken language of the street gave rise to a rich literary renaissance. In this curriculum, Hebrew literature excerpts demonstrate how the Hebrew language became a core element in Jewish state identity.

Understand the significance of the language and how it became essential to Jewish state identity.

Discover key Hebrew literature excerpts from rare source documents

Perfect for individual, groups or classes

This guide focuses on the development of Israel’s defense institutions and the evolution of the Supreme Court. The guide includes unique primary source texts, biographical sketches, and interactive activities and case studies.

Develop an understanding of the relationship between national security & civil liberties

Learn how Israel has managed to balance the needs of a nation with the rights of the individual

Perfect for individuals, groups or classes

Volunteerism and social action are core values in the Jewish culture and helped shape the development of the State of Israel. This learner’s guide contains background information from unique primary source texts, photographs from Israel’s history, biographical sketches of Israelis who put values into practice.

Learn why volunteering was essential to the Jewish state’s establishment

Develop an understanding why supporting one another still remains a core value in Israel

Perfect for individuals, groups or classes

An Interdisciplinary Unit on Israel and Water

These posters are an ideal way to bring teachers of general studies and Judaic studies together, while making explicit connections for students. Posters can be used for parent and community education, while adding aesthetic and visual value to your institution.

A perfect bridge topic between teachers of general and Judaic studies

Understand the importance and integration of water to Israel from biblical times to the present

Each poster is filled with guiding questions and activities for each topic.

Covering the foundations of Judaism and the history of the Jewish people, the unit starts with the ‘covenants’ and ends in 1897. It traces the Jewish connection to the land of Israel, in the land and in exile. It explains how and why Jews retained their traditions in the face of enormous challenges. It concludes with the birth of Zionism as one answer to Jewish insecurity.

Covers the foundations of Judaism and Jewish people starting with the 'covenants'

Learn how and why the Jews retained their traditions in the face of enormous challenges

Explore the connection to the land of Israel and the birth of Zionism

Israel is known around the world as “The Start-Up Nation” due to its main successes in innovation, which have impacted its security, economy, transportation and environment.

The State of Israel and the Start-Up Nation address the short-term and long-term needs of the Jewish people and the world beyond.

Israel uses cultural output as a means of communicating the complexities of its culture and society.

Israel creates culture in the land of Israel to safeguard its unique national experience, with a modern Hebrew culture as its core.

Different groups of Jew from many regions of the world have brought with them unique backgrounds, languages, religious practices and cultural elements.

Israeli culture is constantly evolving, unfinished project.

Israel’s leadership took responsibilty for building a state and protecting it.

Israel’s leadership must balance the needs of the individuals who live in its communities with the national interest of its people.

Israel’s leadership both assume authority and rise up to challenge authority.

Israel’s leadership must be a “doer” to address the challenge of the moment, while being a “visionary” to offer a big picture of the future of the nation’s mission.

Israel’s leadership is rooted in its institutions, and strengthened by individuals who shape and challenge them.

A complex and evolving relationship between religion and politics is inherent in Israel’s character as a Jewish state.

Israel’s leaders, institutions, and citizens have had to navigate the role of Judaism as a religion in the life and politics of the Jewish state.

Judaism, as it embodies a pattern of daily life and not merely a set o religious dogmas, intermingles religious and national elements, which challenges a distinct separation of religion and state.

Changing demographics and attitudes challenge the delicate status quo that defines the role of the religion of Judaism within the structures of he state’s democracy.

As a religious democracy, Israel shares many many features with other democracies around the world, that balance claims of separation of church and state matters where religious freedoms and state institutions are regularly debated. For Israel, being rooted in Jewish law, some of these have already been settled (i.e. abortion rights).