Join students from the USA and Canada to study together:
The application for the third cohort of SSI-U is now CLOSED. 

Study alongside senior scholars and a cohort of students from campuses across the country.
If your school does not offer courses on Israel, if existing classes approach the topic through a heavily biased lens, or if you simply want to deepen your understanding of Israel, Zionism, and campus discourse, SSI-U was created for you.
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SSI-U is a unique online learning program featuring weekly one hour lectures delivered by leading professors from across the United States through the Academic Engagement Network (AEN). Students will explore Israel, Jewish identity, Zionism, media narratives, and modern campus activism through engaging academic-level discussions.
This 6 week course allows students to truly earn to learn.

Participants receive a stipend for active participation, with the opportunity to earn $35 per lecture across six weekly sessions, plus an additional bonus stipend reaching up to $250 in cash or $300 toward an Israel trip.

The program is open to current college and university students, as well as graduating high school seniors preparing for campus life.

*Requirements

• Commitment to participation and attendance, each lecture lasts one hour.
• Short reflection paper following each lecture.
• Final optional bonus project where the students will make a short presentation on a related topic of their choice.

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This program is provided ​in partnership with: 

This program is supported by: 

The Academic Engagement Network (AEN) is an independent, non-partisan educational nonprofit headquartered in Washington, D.C. which engages, educates, and empowers faculty on U.S. universities and colleges to support Jewish, Zionist, and other students and to improve the campus climate. It is comprised of over 850 faculty members on more than 250 campuses who work to defend free speech and academic freedom, promote a robust discourse about Israel on campus and in the academy, and respond to antisemitism on campus when it occurs.  

The department of pioneering youth and future generations in the world Zionist organization aims to develop, train, cultivate and consolidate young Jewish Zionist leadership, specifically among world Zionist youth movements, magshimot and young adult organizations inspired and committed to the values of Zionism and to the Jewish, democratic character of the State of Israel through world partnerships, educational programs, initiatives and joint projects. 

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