Highlights of the Write On Mission to Israel

Write On Mission to Israel takes place during President’s Week, Senior Year

The mission to Israel is an eight-day issues-driven trip that explores Israel through discussions with journalists and other experts. Students meet with security experts, Israeli military and diplomatic officials, Jewish and Arab journalists, thought leaders and teens to expand their knowledge of the region and the complicated issues surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As the news changes and develops, so does the Write On For Israel program. Below is a sample of the issues we’ve explored and the speakers who have addressed our students during the Israel mission:

The Issues:

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  • Defending Israel’s northern border

  • Moral Dilemmas: The challenges facing the IDF

  • Start Up Nation: How Israel has led the world in new technology startups

  • The Future of a Jewish and Democratic Israel

  • Israel’s Relationship to North American Jewry

  • What’s the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians Really About?

  • An American Zionist: The Story of IDF Lone Soldier Michael Levin z”l

  • Talking about peace and reconciliation with Israeli and Palestinian teens

  • The US role in peacemaking

  • Save a Child’s Heart (SACH): Israel as a light unto the nations

  • Being a Minority in the State of Israel

  • The Journey from Ramaz to an IDF Cockpit

  • Covering Israel as a foreign correspondent (Students then go out on “assignment” and interview Israelis on topics of the day.)

Recent Speakers:

  • Andrew Silow-Carroll, Editor-in-Chief, The Jewish Week

  • Bari Weiss, Columnist and Author, “How to Fight Anti-Semitism”

  • Yossi Klein Halevi, Journalist, author and Senior Fellow, The Hartman Institute

  • David Horovitz, Founding Editor, The Times of Israel

  • Khaled Abu Toameh, Arab Palestinian journalist

  • Gil Troy, Professor, Writer and Fellow, The Hartman Institute

  • Blake Flayton, Student at George Washington University

  • Micah Goodman, Fellow, the Hartman Institute

  • Michael Oren, former Israeli Ambassador to the US

  • Israeli Jewish and Arab teens with Givat Haviva

  • Charlotte Korczak, StandWithUs, Director of International Student Programs

  • Israeli Foreign Ministry diplomats, legal advisers and spokesmen

  • Ehud Yaari, Arab Affairs Analyst, Israel’s Channel Two

  • Suzanne Singer, mother of Alex Singer z”l

  • Eginsu Ashete Meyer, Ethiopian-Jewish woman

  • IDF Capt. Glenn Cohen