While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East
ASMEA and SPME held the webinar "While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East" led by Mr. Yaakov Katz on June 4, 2025. Yaakov Katz tells the gripping inside story of how Hamas succeeded in launching a surprise attack on one of the world’s most powerful militaries. Through a detailed examination of the events leading up to October 7, 2023, the book exposes the intelligence and strategic failures that enabled this devastating invasion. Katz is an Israeli-American author and journalist and a senior fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute in Jerusalem. Between 2016 and 2023, Yaakov was the editor-in-chief of The Jerusalem Post where he continues to write a popular weekly column. Finally, Katz is the author of three books - Shadow Strike - Inside Israel's Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power; Weapon Wizards - How Israel Became a High-Tech Military Superpower; and, Israel vs. Iran: The Shadow War. ASMEA will sell While Israel Slept: How Hamas Surprised the Most Powerful Military in the Middle East at the Annual Conference at a discounted rate. |
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The Stewart and Lynda Resnick Fellowship at the National Library of Israel
The National Library of Israel invites applications for the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Fellowship Program. Applications are now open for the third cohort of Resnick Fellows, who will join the Library as researchers in residence during the summer of 2026.
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Annual ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute for Curriculum Development in Critical Contemporary Antisemitism Studies
Applications are now open for the annual ISGAP-Oxford Summer Institute for Curriculum Development in Critical Contemporary Antisemitism Studies.
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GINGKO Grant Programs
GINGKO provides grants to support academic research into the history, art history and religions of MENA. GINGKO also offers grants for people organizing transformative interfaith and intercultural encounters between people from MENA and the West.
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