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 …

The teaching of Israel at American universities has grown dramatically in recent years and
has become" normalized" in the curriculum. A census was conducted at 316 schools to …

Summer 2014 marked the beginning of the second decade of the Summer Institute for Israel
Studies (SIIS) and its work to educate college students about Israel. It is time, therefore, to …

Israel is a central focus of research at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies. We
have a long-standing program analyzing the impact of participation in Taglit-Birthright Israel …

The Summer Institute for Israel Studies (SIIS) organized by the Schusterman Center for
Israel Studies at Brandeis University brings together a cohort of college and university …

The field of Israel Studies—the academic study of the history, politics, culture and society of
the modern State of Israel—has grown tremendously since the turn of the 21st century. Like …

This report presents data from our ongoing evaluation of the Summer Institute for Israel
Studies (a project of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies). The Institute seeks to make …