Following the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, the unprecedented rise in antisemitism around the world, and the polarizing discourse on campus and on social media, educational programming about the history of Israel and the current conflict is more important than ever before. 

The Hillel Teach-in Tour features a diverse group of experts, educators, and thought leaders offering varying perspectives on the conflict, including U.S. Ambassador and Georgetown professor Dennis Ross, former Palestinian negotiator Ghaith al-Omari, and former U.S. State Department senior advisor and Johns Hopkins professor David Makovsky.

Upcoming Teach-in Dates:

Date

Location

Speaker


May 1, 2024

Amanda Berman


May 9, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


May 14, 2024

Ambassador Dennis Ross
Ghaith Al-Omari


Past Dates:

Date

Location

Speaker

October 10, 2023

Sarah Hurwitz


October 11, 2023

Ambassador Dennis Ross
Ghaith Al-Omari


October 11, 2023

Sarah Hurwitz


October 12, 2023

Ambassador Dennis Ross
Ghaith Al-Omari


October 24, 2023

Professor David Makovsky
Ghaith Al-Omari


October 25, 2023

Professor David Makovsky


October 30, 2023

Professor David Makovsky


October 31, 2023

Professor David Makovsky


November 1, 2023

Sarah Hurwitz


November 2, 2023

Sarah Hurwitz


November 8, 2023

Professor David Makovsky


November 15, 2023

Professor David Makovsky


November 16, 2023

Professor David Makovsky


November 27, 2023

Professor David Makovsky
Ghaith Al-Omari


January 23, 2024

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh


January 24, 2024

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh


January 25, 2024

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh


January 29, 2024

David Makovsky


February 1, 2024

Ambassador Dennis Ross
Ghaith al-Omari


February 5, 2024

Professor David Makovsky
Ghaith Al-Omari


February 5, 2024

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh


February 5, 2024

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh


February 6, 2024

Professor David Makovsky
Ghaith Al-Omari


February 6, 2024

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh


February 7, 2024

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh


February 13, 2024

Professor David Makovsky


February 22, 2024

Hon. Tzipi Livni


February 23, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


February 26, 2024

Israel Summit, Atlanta

Ashager Araro


February 27, 2024

Ashager Araro


February 28, 2024

Ashager Araro


February 29, 2024

Ashager Araro


February 29, 2024

Ashager Araro


February 29, 2024

Avi Melamed


March 1, 2024

David Makovsky


March 4, 2024

Ashager Araro


March 5, 2024

Ashager Araro


March 6, 2024

Ashager Araro


March 6, 2024

Ambassador Dennis Ross
Ghaith Al-Omari


March 6, 2024

Golan Vach


March 7, 2024

Ashager Araro


March 8, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


March 10, 2024

Avi Melamed


March 11, 2024

Ashager Araro


March 11, 2024

Amanda Berman


March 11, 2024

Professor David Makovsky
Ghaith Al-Omari


March 12, 2024

Ashager Araro


March 12, 2024

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh


March 12, 2024

April Powers


March 13, 2024

Ashager Araro


March 14, 2024

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh


March 14, 2024

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh


March 14, 2024

Ashager Araro


March 14, 2024

Ashager Araro


March 14, 2024

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh


March 16, 2024

Avi Melamed


March 21, 2024

Natalie Sanandaji


March 25, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


March 26, 2024

Ambassador Dennis Ross
Ghaith Al-Omari


March 26, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


March 26, 2024

Yossi Klein Halevi


March 26, 2024

Avi Melamed


March 27, 2024

Amanda Berman


March 27, 2024

Professor David Makovsky
Ghaith Al-Omari


March 28, 2024

Ambassador Dennis Ross
Ghaith Al-Omari


April 1, 2024

Lucy Aharish


April 1, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


April 1, 2024

Ambassador Dennis Ross
Ghaith Al-Omari


April 2, 2024

Ambassador Dennis Ross
Ghaith Al-Omari


April 2, 2024

Lucy Aharish


April 2, 2024

Amanda Berman


April 2, 2024

Faces of October Seventh


April 2, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


April 2, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


April 3, 2024

Lucy Aharish


April 3, 2024

Amanda Berman


April 3, 2024

Ambassador Dennis Ross
Ghaith Al-Omari


April 4, 2024

Lucy Aharish


April 4, 2024

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh


April 5, 2024

Dr. Rachel Fish


April 5, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


April 7, 2024

Ambassador Dennis Ross


April 8, 2024

Rachel Fish


April 8, 2024

Millet Ben Haim


April 8, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


April 9, 2024

Amanda Berman


April 9, 2024

Ambassador Dennis Ross
Ghaith Al-Omari


April 10, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


April 11, 2024

Yossi Klein Halevi


April 16, 2024

Amanda Berman


April 16, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


April 16, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


April 16, 2024

David Makovsky


April 16, 2024

Dennis Ross



April 18, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


April 24, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz


April 25, 2024

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh


April 25, 2024

Sarah Hurwitz

Meet The Educators

Ghaith al-Omari

Senior fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Lucy Aharish

Journalist and News Anchor

Ashager Araro

Founder of Battae

Amanda Berman

Founder and Executive Director of Zioness

Dr. Mijal Bitton

Sacks Scholar

Dr. Rachel Fish

Professor and Academic

Sarah Hurwitz

White House speechwriter from 2009 to 2017

Gadeer Kamal-Mreeh

Senior shlicha 
(Israeli emissary) The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington

Yossi Klein HaLevi

Journalist and Author

Hon. Tzipi Livni

Former Vice Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, Justice Minister, State of Israel

David Makovsky

Director of the Koret Project on Arab-Israel Relations

Avi Melamed

Independent Middle East Strategic Intelligence Analyst

April Powers

DEI Director, Project Shema

Ambassador Dennis Ross

Counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Robert Wexler

President of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace in Washington, D.C. and Former Member of Congress

Dalia Ziada

Writer and Political Activist

Teach-In Impact

17,000

Students have participated in a Hillel Teach-In

97

Campuses have hosted a Hillel Teach-In