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22-498: ISMI may refer to one of the following income support mortgage interest, social benefit in the UK to pay the mortgage interest Isotopic Solutions for Medicine and Industry Limited Institute for the Study of Modern Israel Institute for the Study of Man , Inc. International Sematech Manufacturing Initiative Ismi , a German exonym for

44-602: A political adviser to the leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP), Gerard Batten . They revealed that "the full resources of the Middle East Forum were activated to free Mr. Robinson", which included: conferring with Robinson's legal team and providing necessary funds; funding, organizing and staffing the "Free Tommy" London rallies on June 9 and July 14, which was, they claim, reported by The Times , The Guardian , and The Independent ; funding travel of

66-456: A Hungarian place Izmény Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ISMI . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ISMI&oldid=905298281 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

88-767: A joint appointment in the History and Political Science Departments. Author, writer, teacher, and lecturer, he was at the center of developing sustained institutions at Emory, namely the International Study Center (1979), the Middle East Research Program (1992), and the Institute for the Study of Modern Israel (1998). He was the first permanent Director of the Carter Center (1983–1986) and its Middle East Fellow from 1982 to 2006. Stein's scholarship focuses on

110-501: A professor at the University of Michigan and a Campus Watch target, accused the journal of making "scurrilous attacks on people". In 2014, Christopher A. Bail of Duke University described it as a "pseudo-academic" journal with editorial board members who share an ideological outlook, adding that while it appears to present legitimate academic research, it is regularly criticized "as a channel for anti-Muslim polemics ". The journal

132-720: Is abstracted and indexed in: In 2002, the Middle East Forum launched an initiative called Campus Watch that it claimed would identify "analytical failures, the mixing of politics with scholarship, intolerance of alternative views, apologetics , and the abuse of power over students" within academia. Winfield Myers is the director of Campus Watch. Initially, Campus Watch published the profile of eight university professors and teachers, who, it said, were "hostile" to America and "preaching dangerous rhetoric to students". This led around 100 professors to accuse Campus Watch of " McCarthyesque " intimidation and ask that their names be listed on Campus Watch too. Subsequently, Campus Watch removed

154-700: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Institute for the Study of Modern Israel Professor Kenneth W. Stein was born in 1946 in Hempstead, New York to parents Mathilde (Tillie) Wertheim Stein, a teacher of foreign language, and Max Kaufmann Stein, an accountant. Both were Jews who emigrated to the U.S. before and after Hitler's ascension to power. Professor Stein received his undergraduate BA degree from Franklin and Marshall College (1968), and two masters (1969 and 1971) and his doctoral degree (1976) from The University of Michigan . His doctoral work focused on

176-597: The Southern Poverty Law Center have criticized the MEF for spreading anti-Islamic messages. In 2018, the MEF stated that it had been "heavily involved" in the release from prison of British anti-Islam activist and far-right political operative Tommy Robinson , who is best known as a co-founder, former spokesman and former leader of the English Defence League (EDL) organization, and for his service as

198-520: The US congressman , Rep. Paul Gosar , Republican from Arizona, to London to address the rallies; and lobbied Sam Brownback , the State Department's ambassador-at-large for International Religious Freedom , to raise the issue with the UK's ambassador, which he did. The MEF has itself been considered a part of the counter-jihad movement . Georgetown University 's Bridge Initiative reported in 2018 that

220-541: The Arab Israeli Conflict," is one of Emory's most popular courses. In Spring 2006, he was a visiting professor of political science at Brown University. At the Carter Center , from November 6 to 9, 1983, Stein directed a conference on the Middle East called "Middle East Consultation: Five Years After Camp David." He was "appointed Carter Center Middle East Fellow in 1983." Appointed by Emory University, he directed

242-800: The Atlanta Jewish community honored him for his thirty years of service as a public intellectual with the Tree of Life Award. In 2001, he received the Marion V. Creekmore Award for his quarter-century commitment to the internationalization of Emory College's curriculum. In 1995, Emory awarded him the Williams Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. In 2012, he was the recipient of the Jewish National Fund's prestigious Etz Chaim Award for Service to

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264-546: The Atlanta community. Middle East Quarterly The Middle East Forum ( MEF ) is an American conservative 501(c)(3) think tank founded in 1990 by Daniel Pipes , who serves as its president. MEF became an independent non-profit organization in 1994. It publishes a journal, the Middle East Quarterly . The Middle East Forum was founded in 1990 by Daniel Pipes as an independent non-profit organization with

286-509: The Carter Center in December 2006. In his subsequent public lectures and media appearances, Stein, who "made Middle East trips with Carter in 1983, 1987 and 1990, [and] was "partner" with Carter in writing an earlier Middle East volume, The Blood of Abraham, published in 1985", has criticized Carter's book for what he alleges are its multiple errors and omissions. Stein's detailed review of

308-583: The Jewish Nation: Part One" (2012); "Israel and Hebrew Language: A Nation's Choice" (2010); "Israel's National Security and Civil Liberties: Balancing the State's Objectives" (2009); "A Call to Action: Volunteering and Israel's State-Building" (2008); and "To Israel and Back: A Journey to Our Future" (2008). In 2009, he was awarded the Cuttino Medal for Lifelong Mentorship to Emory undergraduates. In 2008,

330-617: The MEF had received millions of dollars from Donors Capital Fund ($ 6,768,000), the William Rosenwald Family Fund , the Middle Road Foundation, and the Abstraction Fund. Middle East Quarterly was founded in 1994 by Daniel Pipes and the current editor-in-chief is Efraim Karsh , research professor and former Director of Middle East and Mediterranean Studies at King's College London . In 2002 Juan Cole ,

352-677: The Middle East. CIE's work focuses on teacher/student education and curriculum development on modern Israel and the Middle East, through conducting workshops, symposia, and long-distance learning. By the end of 2015 more than 2000 middle school and secondary school teachers had participated in workshops in which he directed and participated in actively. Published by the Center for Israel Education, he has written or co-authored seven curricula/teaching units on aspects of modern Israeli history, society and politics: "A Sephardi Jewish History" (2014); "Israel @ 65: A Family and Community Resource" (2013); "Israel and

374-747: The book appears in the Middle East Quarterly . Established by Prof. Kenneth W. Stein in 1998, the Institute for the Study of Modern Israel (ISMI) is an interdisciplinary and non-degree conferring unit of Emory University. It was the first academic institute for the study of modern Israel established in the United States. It promotes teaching, research, and learning that focuses on Israeli culture, foreign policy, history, society, and politics. ISMI likewise offers an internship program at Emory, which fosters appreciation for Israel and its people by immersing students in real world experiences. ISMI interns have

396-574: The center from December 1983 through June 1986 and advised President Carter on the Middle East (page 6 of Stein's CV ). Stein was a Carter Center monitor of the Palestinian Presidential and Legislative Council elections in January 1996. Stein remained Middle East Fellow of the Carter Center until the publication of Carter's book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid , resigning in December 2006. Stein resigned from his position as Middle East Fellow of

418-504: The mission of “promoting American interests”. The MEF advocates for strong U.S. ties with Turkey, Israel, and other democracies in the region, a stable price for oil, human rights, and peaceful conflict resolutions. It publishes the Middle East Quarterly and runs various advocacy programs. Pipes said in 2003 that "militant Islam is the problem and moderate Islam is the answer", but the left-leaning Center for American Progress and

440-539: The opportunity to work closely with Professor Ken Stein and the ISMI staff on a wide variety of academic and scholarly projects. Students participate in research; substantive projects relating to culture, economics, history, international relations, and politics. Since founding the Atlanta-based non-profit, The Center for Israel Education (CIE) in 2007, Prof. Stein has engaged in writing secondary school curriculum on Israel and

462-619: The origins and politics of modern Israel, Palestinian social history, the British Mandate in Palestine, the Arab-Israeli negotiating process, American foreign policy toward the region, and the modern Arab world. Primarily, he concentrates on undergraduate teaching in courses on American foreign policy toward the Middle East, the modern Arab world, Arab–Israeli conflict, and modern Israel. His undergraduate course, "History, Politics and Diplomacy of

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484-587: The social-economic background of the Arab–Israeli conflict in British Mandatory Palestine. From 1971 to 1973, he was a visiting graduate student at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem . As a returning graduate student to Ann Arbor from 1973 to 1976, he wrote secondary school social studies materials on the Middle East. Since 1977, Professor Stein has taught Middle Eastern history, political science and Israel studies at Emory University , where he holds

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