UIA & ZFA Israel Education & Activism Seminar with Charlotte Korchak
Event description
Please join UIA & ZFA for a thought-provoking Israel Education & Activism Seminar with Charlotte Korchak, Senior Educator and Director of International Student Programs at StandWithUs Israel.
Charlotte will speak on two topics, separated by a morning tea break.
9.30-11.00am Deep Dive into the West Bank: History, Legality & Policy
The West Bank/Judea & Samaria is one of the most disputed territories in the world today. In this informational presentation we will examine control over the territory and how it has changed in the last 100 years; resolutions and agreements that were passed or signed; settlement communities and the controversies surrounding them; possible solutions and proposed compromises. This is a fact-based and content driven presentation that does not push any one political agenda but allows the participants to decide for themselves how they feel about this complex and disputed area.
11.00-11.30am Morning tea
11.30am-1.00pm Concepts & Misconceptions About Israel, Zionism & Jews
This practical presentation discusses core concepts and misconceptions regarding Israel, Zionism and the Jewish people, and provides the audience with the tools needed to explain these topics to those less informed. Moreover, we will also tackle the core claims made against Israel’s right to exist, providing the necessary knowledge and skills to challenge those arguments, and ultimately show how these expressions of Anti-Zionism are in fact antisemitism.
About Charlotte Korchak
Charlotte Korchak is the Senior Educator and Director of International Student Programs at StandWithUs Israel, where she educates and trains students from around the world in Israeli history and activism. Charlotte grew up in both the United States and Israel, spending her formative years living in Jerusalem during the second intifada, giving her both an internal and external perspective on Israel and the conflict. She graduated with a BA in Middle Eastern History from the University of Southern California, where she also took part in the StandWithUs Emerson Fellowship. Charlotte has since been working for StandWithUs. Initially serving as the West Coast Campus Coordinator based in Los Angeles, she then immigrated back to Israel transferring to the StandWithUs Israel office. In her current role as Senior Educator, Charlotte works with over 10,000 students a year from nearly every continent educating them about Israel and training them to be effective activists in their high schools, universities and communities worldwide. She has quickly become one of the foremost public speakers in her field.