Israel Studies Resources
This page provides information and links for students, faculty and guests.
Opportunities for Students
In need of a summer internship? Looking to study abroad? Below is a list of opportunities for Israel studies students to expand their knowledge year-round and around the globe:
In College Park/Washington, D.C.
Federal Semester: A unique opportunity for University of Maryland students to develop insight into federal policy and gain professional experience in the federal government or on Capitol Hill.
Global Semester: An innovative internship program designed to equip University of Maryland undergraduate students with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and experience necessary to become leaders in our increasingly globalized society.
In Israel
Coexistence in the Middle East (CME) summer and winter study abroad program: Through extensive series of field trips and encounters, CME offers the opportunity to explore the facts on the ground and examine different narratives and realities from the perspectives of various religious, political, cultural and national groups that converge at this crossroads of humanity.
Middlebury Program in Israel: The first, and only, full Hebrew language immersion program in Israel. In addition to Hebrew instruction and content-courses, you have various internship/volunteering options to choose from.
Web Resources
Professional Associations
Centers for Israel Studies
United States
- The Jewish Virtual Library
- Center for Israeli Studies, American University
- Henry and Marilyn Taub Center for Israel Studies, New York University
- Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies, Columbia University
- Institute for Comparative & Regional Studies, Center for Middle East Studies, University of Denver
- Institute for the Study of Modern Israel, Emory University
- Touro College in Israel – Study in Israel option
- Israel Studies Program, University of California at Los Angeles
- Modern Jewish and Israel Studies Program, B.A. Minor, California State University at Chico
- Schusterman Center for Israel Studies, Brandeis University
Israel
- Adva Center
- Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Bar Ilan University
- Center of International Communications and Policy, Bar Ilan University
- Chaim Herzog Institute for Media, Politics and Society,Faculty of Social Science, Tel Aviv University
- Davis Institute for International Relations, Hebrew University
- Department of Land of Israel Studies, University of Haifa
- Falk Institute for Economic Research in Israel, Hebrew University
- Floersheimer Studies
- Global Research in International Affairs Center, Interdisciplinary Center
- Herzl Institute for Research and Studies of Zionism and Israel
- Institute for National Security Studies, Tel Aviv University
- Israel Democracy Institute
- Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
- Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research
- Madar — The Palestinian Forum for Israeli Studies
- Peres Center for Peace
- Shalem Center
- Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research, Tel Aviv University
- Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, Hebrew University
- Weizmann Center for Study of Zionism, Tel Aviv University
- Yad Ben-Zvi
- Yad Tabenkin, The Research and Documentation Center of the Kibbutz Movement
- Yitzhak Rabin Center for Israel Studies
Worldwide
- Israel Studies Program, Center for Jewish Studies, Moscow State University