Wayne State University Press Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Review Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict presents an outstanding addition to the existing literature on the conflict, as it sets an entirely new standard for works of this kind. It contains the most valuable-and comprehensive-material for effective and fair minded instruction of a truly complex subject. It has no equal as regards the depth and range of the collected studies by authors of impeccable scholarly credentials.--Elie Rekhess "Crown Visiting Professor in Israel studies, Northwestern University" (2/7/2019 12:00:00 AM)A rich, wide-ranging, and insightful collection of essays exploring the diverse pedagogical approaches, personal experiences, and political challenges of those who teach courses on the Arab-Israeli conflict in many different academic settings. This book will be an invaluable guide and resource for anyone teaching this often contentious and emotive subject.--Dov Waxman "professor of political science, international affairs, and Israel studies at Northeastern University and author of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know" (2/7/2019 12:00:00 AM)Harris' publication is perhaps the most delightfully surprising read. Whilst not explicitly aimed at expanding the reader's historical scope with archival evidence or the prevailing historiography of pro-Israel/pro-Palestinian viewpoints, Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict offers something far more useful to the reader: an intellectual space of diversity ever diminishing on North American campuses. Harris thus succeeds in uniting a broad swath of academics, demonstrating that talking past one another is unequivocally detrimental to education and civic discourse-a rare feat in the academic context of Israel-Palestine.--Ari Blaff "The Tel Aviv Review of Books" (4/1/2020 12:00:00 AM)Imagine you are standing in the front of a classroom - not at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion or American Jewish University, but a classroom whose students come from different countries, religions and cultures - and it is your job to teach your students about the modern Middle East. What words do you use when each one is loaded? Teaching the Arab-Israel Conflict, edited by Rachel S. Harris (Wayne State University Press), a collection of three dozen essays by educators who have been there and done that, offers some highly practical and often equally provocative answers to that question.--Jonathan Kirsch "Jewish Journal" (7/31/2019 12:00:00 AM)One great virtue of Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict is that often the authors express their personal voices and convictions concerning the conflict and the moral dilemmas and struggles this often presents them as each seeks to fulfill her/his obligations within the classroom. This makes for compelling reading completely apart from the material the book provides for those who are designing courses in this area. Because of this feature of the book, I found that many of the essays captivated me in the way that fine literature always does, and I know this gives the book a potential audience far beyond that of the classroom.--Rabbi David Ellenson "former director, Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis University" (2/7/2019 12:00:00 AM)Rachel Harris gives us a fascinating global tour of how the Israel-Palestine conflict is taught at universities around the world. Providing both gripping stories about their classrooms and thoughtful advice for teaching students about the conflict, this book is a superb guide to the pedagogy of a complex conflict.--Susannah Heschel "Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College" (2/7/2019 12:00:00 AM)Readers of Teaching the Arab- Israeli Conflict, especially those actively involved in curriculum development, will discover abundant evidence of how the conflict can be successfully taught outside the traditional frameworks of international relations, history, or political science. Teachers across many disciplines will benefit from the book's selected bibliograp