Abstract
Summer 2014 marked the beginning of the second decade of the Summer Institute for Israel Studies (SIIS). SIIS prepares faculty members from around the world to design and teach courses about Israel. The context of the conflict in Gaza provided the 2014 fellows with an opportunity to see and hear first-hand the diversity of Israeli opinions and responses to the war. This report attempts to capture fellows’ experience in 2014 and summarizes the first decade of SIIS influence on the academy.