Camp Tawonga* is creating a new Israel education series for its 250+ seasonal staff—primarily college students and young adults—and 15 year-round educators who lead Bay Area programs. This new program will cultivate skills for respectful dialogue, enhance understanding and empathy, and deepen knowledge about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

For the Sake of Argument* (FSA) encourages more nuanced, thoughtful dialogue in Israel education. FSA’s new Intergenerational Arguments Project supports parents and their children (adolescent through adult-children) in having productive discussions about Israel through healthy argument. FSA is also developing a guide for other professionals working with multigenerational groups.

Israel Story, the award-winning podcast that tells extraordinary tales about ordinary Israelis and Palestinians, is cataloging and organizing its podcast archive—based on themes, historical events, topics, and trends—to make content more accessible to educators. This will also be reflected on its updated website, which will include curated collections of stories with additional raw recordings and accompanying articles. Israel Story is also developing curricular material to accompany these episodes and distribute them to Hillels, day schools, Hebrew supplementary schools, and camps.

Jewish Cartoon’s* The Promised Land Graphic Novel will empower American Jews to value and connect to Israel through the fresh medium of a graphic novel. This new book will bring together experienced writers with experts in Israel education to produce a well-researched, nuanced, and fun illustrated history of Zionism and Judaism. This project fills the gap of informal educational materials that are appealing to individual consumers and also to formal educators looking to supplement their curriculum with a more engaging and compelling medium.

Lost Tribe connects digitally-engaged Jewish people (primarily youth and young adults) to each other through Israel-positive spaces in video games and adjacent digital media. Lost Tribe is building new educational games in the massively popular Fortnite world that will allow people to walk through Israel and learn about its history and complexity, Zionism, and the Jewish people through a very well-designed and fun video game environment. These mini-games are designed as a safe digital spaces for people (especially those who are unaffiliated) to begin to ask questions about Israel and begin their Israel education.

Open Dor Media* is developing new material for Jewish elementary-aged children that will focus on nuanced Israel education and fostering early, positive engagement with Israel. This new material includes educational videos, a podcast designed for kids ages 8–12, and complementary resources for educators to readily incorporate this material into Jewish day school and Hebrew supplementary school classes, many of whom have established partnerships with Open Dor for their junior and senior high schools.

Roots-Shorashim-Judur* brings Jewish and Palestinian speakers from Gush Etzion and the West Bank to jointly speak at college campuses, Jewish summer camps, synagogues, and Jewish schools. These speaking engagements bring audiences out of the zero-sum perception of the conflict and introduce competing and parallel narratives of Israeli and Palestinian life. Furthermore, these speakers model an approach to peacebuilding and respect through their cooperation on programs with Roots (principally in their home communities and also as visiting speakers). Roots emphasizes the need to provide examples of Israeli-Palestinian partnerships and humanity across the divides of narrative and identity.