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Brandeis University “Walking in Israel” as the Path to “Talking about Israel”: The Impact of Taglit-Birthright Israel Prof. Leonard Saxe February 3, 2009.

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1 Brandeis University “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

2 Brandeis University 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 Brandeis University Figure 1 Consulting Israeli News Sources 3 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 Brandeis University Figure 2 Confidence Describing Current Situation in Israel 4 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 Brandeis University Figure 3 “Strongly” Agreeing with Descriptions of Israel 5 Note. Estimated probability after controls. See Saxe, Phillips, Wright, Boxer, Hecht and Sasson, 33-34.

6 Brandeis University Figure 4 Strong Feelings of Support/Connection to Israel 6 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 Brandeis University Figure 5 “Very Much” Connected to Israel 7 Note. Estimated probability after controls. See Saxe, Phillips, Wright, Boxer, Hecht and Sasson, 24.

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

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