{"id":762,"date":"2024-10-09T10:45:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T14:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/utx\/?page_id=762"},"modified":"2026-01-21T20:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T01:07:13","slug":"israel-and-zionism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/ut\/jewish-life\/israel-and-zionism\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel &amp; Zionism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n  class=\"m_hero-image hero-image\"\n  >\n    <picture class=\"hero-image__background\">\n    <source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"\" \/>\n    <source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/ut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2529434939-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/ut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/shutterstock_2529434939-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-position: center\" \/>\n  <\/picture>\n    <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col\">\n        <h1 class=\"hero-image__heading\">Israel &amp; Zionism<\/h1>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"u_content content content--large content--with-image content--right-image\"\n  >\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"row\">\n      <div class=\"col\">\n        <div class=\"content__container\">\n                      <div class=\"content__header\">\n              <h2 class=\"content__title title-small\">Building a connection to Israel and modern Zionism is a crucial part of the Rosenthal-Levy Scholars Program<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"content__body\">\n                              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/ut\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/ut-kotel.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"content__image\" \/>\n                                            <div class=\"content__description\"><ul>\n<li>New academic study abroad programs that will focus on the Hebrew Bible, Jerusalem\u2019s history, Zionism, modern Israel, military strategy, Middle Eastern geopolitics, and Israel\u2019s economic development.<\/li>\n<li>A wide array of courses in all aspects of Israel studies, including the study of Israeli history, politics, strategy, and culture.<\/li>\n<li>Active Israel engagement on campus \u2014 including student-led groups and initiatives such as Students Supporting Israel and Longhorns for Israel.<\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A popular, university-wide yearly Yom Ha\u2019atzmaut Celebration marking Israel\u2019s Independence Day. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Numerous opportunities for Israel travel, study, and engagement\u2014including Birthright Israel, Onward Israel, as well as myriad internships and volunteer programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":683,"parent":1543,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-762","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/ut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/ut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/ut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/ut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/ut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/ut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3272,"href":"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/ut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/762\/revisions\/3272"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/ut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/ut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rosenthallevyscholars.org\/ut\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}