Antisemitism and the college campus: Perceptions and realities

L Saxe, T Sasson, GW Wright, S Hecht - 2015 - scholarworks.brandeis.edu
In 2015 US and Canadian college campuses were the settings for a wave of anti-Israel
campaigns and events. Coming in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war in summer 2014, the …

Jewish life on campus: From backwater to battleground

A Koren, L Saxe, E Fleisch - American Jewish Year Book 2015: The …, 2016 - Springer
The past two decades have witnessed a dramatic shift in the extent and focus of concerns
about Jewish life on campus. The Jewish community is increasingly occupied with the …

“Israel is meant for me”: Kindergarteners' conceptions of Israel

S Zakai - Journal of Jewish Education, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
What is Israel in the minds and hearts of young American Jewish children? Through
interviews and photo and music elicitation exercises, this research uncovers how day school …

Landscapes of collective belonging: Jewish Americans narrate the history of Israel after an organized tour

J Hassenfeld - Journal of Jewish Education, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines changes to Jewish day school students' narratives of the history of
Israel after a two-and-a-half-week trip there. Seventeen students were interviewed about the …

Fixity and flux: A critique of competing approaches to researching contemporary Jewish identities

MGM Samson, RM Vanderbeck, N Wood - Social Compass, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Jewish identities are becoming increasingly pluralised due to internal dynamics within
Judaism and wider social processes such as secularisation, globalisation and …

“I'm going to Israel and all I need to pack is my imagination”: Pretend trips to Israel in Jewish early childhood education

L Applebaum, S Zakai - Journal of Jewish Education, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines the practice of pretend Israel trips in Jewish early childhood education.
Jewish early childhood educators who work in markedly different preschool settings, and …

“Like a Distant Cousin”: Bi-Cultural Negotiation as Key Perspective in Understanding the Evolving Relationship of Future Reform Rabbis with Israel and the Jewish …

M Muszkat-Barkan, LD Grant - Journal of Jewish Education, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This research explores the impact of a year studying in Israel on Hebrew Union College-
Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) rabbinical students' emotional connection toward and …

[PDF][PDF] Towards a social history of Jewish educational tourism research

HE COHEN - Jewish Educational Tourism: Multiple Origins, Paths …, 2016 - ruppin.ac.il
This article presents a socio-historic analysis of research on Jewish educational travel.
Jewish educational travel has been pioneering in the field of educational-heritage travel in …

US Jewish young adults react to the Gaza conflict: A survey of Birthright Israel applicants

M Shain, S Hecht, L Saxe - 2014 - scholarworks.brandeis.edu
This study examines the reactions of a diverse group of young adults (applicants to Taglit-
Birthright Israel) to the 2014 conflict in Gaza. The report compares their responses to the …

'I wish they had Birthright for adults!': The effect of Birthright Israel on Jewish Parents' interest in visiting Israel

JK Aronson - Contemporary Jewry, 2017 - Springer
This study assesses the impact of the Taglit-Birthright Israel travel program on parents of
participants—in particular, on the ways in which parents' indirect exposure to their adult …