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Chris PreJean

Dec 1, 2025, 7:47 PM

Closing Down a Wine Bar in the Negev: ‘We only have 30 Minutes’

In the few visits my father made to Israel over a two-year period, he mentioned Masada 499 times. But I only heard it the 500th, when my wife, Abby, nudged me to sit down and plan a trip for...

Nov 17, 2025, 5:07 PM

From ‘Zombie Mode’ to ‘Sippy Cups’: Biodiversity in a Fulbright Friendship

Research and writing skills are essential to college and grad courses in nearly all fields of academic inquiry. But one Fulbright Israel scholar took those terms to a whole new level. He blends neurons and narratives in ways that...

Nov 9, 2025, 6:28 PM

Fulbright and Family: Israel Lit Up Our Lives

The author reading to his family during Hanukkah, 2023.

Over a period of two years on a Fulbright postdoctoral fellowship in Israel, I befriended engineers working at local and global startups in Haifa, attended an Arab Christian wedding in Nazareth, drank wine in the Upper Galilee with an...

About Me

Chris PreJean, PhD, leads the Fulbright Israel Interest Group as president, where Fulbright alumni like him build academic and cultural bridges between the US and Israel.