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“Walking in Israel” as the Path to “Talking about Israel”: The Impact of Taglit-Birthright Israel

“Walking in Israel” as the Path to “Talking about Israel”: The Impact of Taglit-Birthright Israel. Prof. Leonard Saxe February 3, 2009 9 th Herzliya Conference The Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel. Keys to Successful Israel Advocacy. Motivation to seek information about Israel;

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“Walking in Israel” as the Path to “Talking about Israel”: The Impact of Taglit-Birthright Israel

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  1. “Walking in Israel” as the Path to “Talking about Israel”:The Impact of Taglit-Birthright Israel Prof. Leonard Saxe February 3, 2009 9th Herzliya ConferenceThe Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel

  2. Keys to Successful Israel Advocacy Motivation to seek information about Israel; Means – knowledge to understand Israel’s political and social reality; Passion to advocate for Israel when opportunity presents.

  3. Figure 1Consulting Israeli News Sources Note. Estimated probability after controls. See Leonard Saxe, Theodore Sasson and Shahar Hecht, Israel at War: The Impact of Peer-oriented Israel Programs on Responses of American Young Adults (Waltham, MA: Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, 2006), 5.

  4. Figure 2 Confidence Describing Current Situationin Israel Note. Estimated probability after controls. See Leonard Saxe, Benjamin Phillips, Graham Wright, Matthew Boxer, Shahar Hecht and Theodore Sasson, Taglit-Birthright Israel Evaluation: 2007-2008 North American Cohorts (Waltham, MA: Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, 2008), 31.

  5. Figure 3“Strongly” Agreeing with Descriptions of Israel Note. Estimated probability after controls. See Saxe, Phillips, Wright, Boxer, Hecht and Sasson, 33-34.

  6. Figure 4 Strong Feelings of Support/Connection to Israel Note. Estimated probability after controls. See Saxe, Sasson and Hecht, 7. Scale created from battery “Thinking about the conflict, to what extent did you…Feel concern for the lives of Israelis? Feel a connection to Israel? Feel responsibility to help Israelis affected by the war? Feel support for Israel?”

  7. Figure 5“Very Much” Connected to Israel Note. Estimated probability after controls. See Saxe, Phillips, Wright, Boxer, Hecht and Sasson, 24.

  8. For reports and further information: www.brandeis.edu/cmjs saxe@brandeis.edu www.upne.com/tendays www.beverlysbooks.co.il

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