Educational Resources for Teachers, Parents and Students

Boundless has curated the following materials, developed and collected by our partners,
to offer context and framing to the horrors unfolding in Israel.

Below find sources to read, watch, and listen to.

Supporting Children
What do my children understand- and what should I tell them- about the Israeli-
Palestinian violence?
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Guidance for Talking to our Kids

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How to Talk to Children about Israel Today

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Talking to Teens about Operation Iron Sword

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How to Talk to Children About the Conflict in Israel

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Helping Children Cope with Terrorism

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NPR Podcast, What to Tell Kids when the News is Scary

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The Jewish Education Project Portal: Teaching about Israel in a Time of Crisis
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Articles and Educational Materials
Hamas Charter
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Hamas Does Not Yet Understand the Depth of Israeli Resolve by Haviv Rettig Gur
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The Cult of ‘Anti-Zionism’ by Izabella Tabarovsky

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What Makes a War Just by Michael Walzer

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Anti-Zionism is a more Malevolent Form of Anti-Semitism by Ruth Wisse

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What this War is About by Yossi Klein Halevi

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My Phone Says 2023. It Feels like 1948. By Matti Friedman

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The Arguments of Tomorrow by Robbie Gringrass

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Hamas’s War on Israel: Everything You Need to Know by Alana Newhouse & Jeremy Stern
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Times of Israel Explainer “What Happened in Israel on Oct. 7”

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The Gaza Hostage Crisis is an American Hostage Crisis by Armin Rosen

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Hamas’s Use of Hostages is a Rorschach Test by Aviva Klompas

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The Real Dispute Driving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict by Yossi Klein Halevi
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Articles and Educational Materials
Hamas’s War on Israel Offers Sobering Clarity in the Fight Against Evil by
Aviva Klompas
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Religion and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Cause, Consequence and Cure from the
Washington Institute for Near East Policy by Mohammed Galal Mostafa
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Backgrounder on Hezbollah from the Council on Foreign Relations:

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Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis

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Unpacked FAQ’s: Israel-Hamas War October 2023

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Unpacked: Hamas’s Attack on Israel’s Supernova Festival

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Hamas’s Unprecedented Attack: What is Happening in Israel Right Now?

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Institute for Curriculum Services: Support for Classroom Discussion on the Hamas-
Israel War
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Institute for Curriculum Services: Teaching the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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Center for Israel Education: Israel-Hamas War 2023

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Facing History & Ourselves: Processing Attacks in Israel and the Outbreak of War in
the Region
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Articles and Educational Materials
iCenter: Educating in a Time of Crisis
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Six Tips for Supporting Jewish Students in the Classroom: Anti-Defamation League
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Jewish Community Relations Council Israel Resources

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Videos
Unpacked: Israel at War
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Unpacked Video Explaining Hamas

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Unpacked Video Explaining Hamas’s Control over Gaza

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Unpacked Video: Why Does Hamas Fire Rockets into Israel

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Unpacked Video: What is Hezbollah?

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Unpacked Video History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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Unpacked Video: Did Israel Conquer Palestine?

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Unpacked Video Resources The Israeli-Palestinian Context

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Institute for Curriculum Services: Curriculum on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

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Podcasts and Webinars
Washington Institute for Near East Policy: Breaking Hezbollah’s Golden Rule by
Matthew Levitt

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What Matters Now to Micha Goodman: Vow to Stand with Israel When it Fires Back
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Shalom Hartman Institute: Identity/Crisis: A Nation that Can’t Sleep

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Unpacked: Soulful Jewish Living: Israel and Hamas: A Special Episode

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Israel Story: Wartime Diaries

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Responding to Questions about Israel: Interview between Rachel Fish and Jeremy
Burton, JCRC Boston
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American Jewry and the War in Israel: What do we do Now? Conversation with Rabbi
Cosgrove, Bret Stephens and Rachel Fish, PhD
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The Spirit of Jewish Resolve: The Conversation You Need to Have with your Kids

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Wartime Voices
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Books:
Hamas: Politics, Charity, and Terrorism in the service of Jihad by Matthew Levitt
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Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon’s Party of God by Matthew Levitt

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Arabs and Israelis: Conflict and Peacemaking in the Middle East by Abdel Monem Said
Aly, Shai Feldman, Khalil Shikaki
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Essential Israel
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Maps:
Washington Institute for Near East Policy Interactive Map of Hezbollah’s
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