Contemporary Readings

#65 Contemporary Readings, July 2018

August 8, 2018

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling
Emory University and Center for Israel Education
kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu 

Amiram Barkat, “Moody’s Gives Israel a ‘Positive’ Economic Outlook,” Jerusalem Post, July 23, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Moodys-gives-Israel-a-positive-economic-outlook-563202

Nicky Blackburn, “Rescuers Turn to Israeli Tech to Help Save Trapped Thai Boys, Israel21c, July 4, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/rescuers-turn-to-israeli-tech-to-help-save-trapped-thai-boys/

Yonah Jeremy Bob, “U.S. Defense Official Works with Israel on Cutting Edge Anti-Terror Tech,” Jerusalem Post, July 6, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/US-defense-official-works-with-Israel-on-cutting-edge-anti-terror-tech-561797

Edy Cohen, “Saudi Arabia and Israel: Know Thine Enemy,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, July 20, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/saudi-arabia-israel-enemies/

Michelle Divon, “Israeli Jew and Yemenite Muslim: A Musical Match that Could Only Be Made in NY,” The Times of Israel, July 18, 2018. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-jew-and-yemenite-muslim-a-musical-match-that-could-only-be-made-in-ny/

Oded Eran and Elia Rettig, “New Obstacles Facing Israeli Natural Gas Exports,” INSS, July 10, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/new-obstacles-facing-israeli-natural-gas-exports/

Yoram Ettinger, “Israel’s high-tech opportunities,” The Ettinger Report, August 2, 2018. http://www.theettingerreport.com/Overseas-Investments/Israel-s-high-tech-opportunities.aspx

Shmuel Even and Sason Hadad, “US Aid to Israel: Budgetary and Strategic Significance,” INSS, July 4, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/us-aid-israel-budgetary-strategic-significance/?offset=9&posts=1081&type=399

Nizan Feldman and Shmuel Even, “The Global Trade War: Scenarios and Significance for Israel,” INSS, July 19, 2018. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/global-trade-war-scenarios-significance-israel/?offset=4&posts=1081&type=399

Hillel Frisch, “Why Russia Needs Israel,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, July 16, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/russia-needs-israel/

Jessica Halfin, “Israel’s Most Underrated Food Destination,” The Forward, July 30, 2018. https://forward.com/food/406592/israels-most-underrated-food-destination/

Tamar Herman and Ephraim Ya’ar, “Will Trump’s Peace Plane Gain Traction?” Israel Democracy Institute, July 2, 2018. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/24045

Sarah Hershenson, “Yehoram Ganon and the Israeli Philharmonic – Two Classics Come Together,” Jerusalem Post, July 17, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Yehoram-Gaon-and-the-Israeli-Philharmonic-two-classics-come-together-562714

Kevin Huggard, “An Alternative Vision for Israel [Interview with Israeli MK Yair Lapid],” Brookings Institution, July 3, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/07/03/an-alternative-vision-for-israel/

Josef Jaffe, “Palestinian Sovereignty after Abbas,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, July 13, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/palestinian-sovereignty-abbas/

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israeli Chef’s Vegan Shakshuka and Shawarma Prove US Hit,” Israel21c, July 31, 2018. https://www.israel21c.org/israeli-chefs-vegan-shakshuka-shawarma-proves-us-hit/

Yaakov Lappin, “A Failure at State-Building, Hamas Sticks to Military Buildup in Gaza,” Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, July 23, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/failure-state-building-hamas-sticks-to-military-buildup-in-gaza/

Matthew Levitt, “Hezbollah’s Corruption Crisis Runs Deep,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, July 20, 2018. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/hezbollahs-corruption-crisis-runs-deep

Shalom Lipner, “The summer of Israel’s contentment,” Brookings Institution, July 30, 2018. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/07/30/the-summer-of-israels-contentment/

Josh Lurie, “In Valley Village, Café Florentine Is Tweaking Israeli Comfort Food,” Los Angeles Magazine, July 13, 2018. http://www.lamag.com/digestblog/cafe-florentine/

The Media Line, “Match Made in Hi-Tech Heaven: Israel and South Korea, YNet News, July 7, 2018. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5304585,00.html

Gil Murciano, “Preventing a Spillover of the Iran Israel Conflict in Syria,” SWP Berlin, July 2018. https://www.swp-berlin.org/en/publication/preventing-a-spillover-of-the-iran-israel-conflict-in-syria/

Jeremy Repanich, “The Popularity of Israeli Food in America Began with Chef Michael Solomonov,” Robb Report, July 17, 2018. https://robbreport.com/food-drink/dining/zahav-solomonov-modern-israeli-philadelphia-eg18-2806725/

Yotam Rosner and Adi Kantor, eds. , The European Union in Turbulent Times: Challenges, Trends, and Significance for Israel, INSS, June 2018

http://www.inss.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Memo177EU_ENG_5.pdf

Max Schindler, “In Sign of Booming Economy, Almost Half of Israelis Going Abroad,” Jerusalem Post, July 2, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/In-sign-of-booming-economy-almost-half-of-Israelis-going-abroad-561367

Amy Spiro, “Israeli Film Industry Furious Over Proposed Funding Changes,” Variety, July 16, 2018. https://variety.com/2018/film/news/israel-film-industry-furious-proposed-funding-changes-1202874074/

Amy Spiro, “Spotify Reveals that Israelis Love Israeli Music,” Jerusalem Post, April 15, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/OMG/Spotify-reveals-that-Israelis-love-Israeli-music-549883

Itay Stern and Nirit Anderman, “Two Israeli Films Nominated for the 2018 Emmy Awards,” Haaretz, July 28, 2018. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-two-israeli-films-nominated-for-the-2018-emmy-awards-1.6317793

Avi Temkin, “Analysis: Few Arabs and Haredim in the Workforce Isn’t Israel’s Only Issue,” Jerusalem Post, July 4, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Analysis-Few-Arabs-and-haredim-in-the-workforce-isnt-Israels-only-issue-561505

David Wainer and Selcuk Gokoluk, “Israel Risks Falling Behind on Inflation in Bid to Weaken Shekel,” Bloomberg, July 26, 2018. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-26/israel-risks-falling-behind-on-inflation-in-bid-to-weaken-shekel

Joby Warrick, “Papers Stolen in Daring Israeli Raid on Tehran Archive Reveal the Extent of Iran’s Past Weapons Research,” Washington Post, July 15, 2018. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/papers-stolen-in-a-daring-israeli-raid-on-tehran-archive-reveal-the-extent-of-irans-past-weapons-research/2018/07/15/0f7911c8-877c-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.html?utm_term=.a60f60f66653

Avi Weiss, “Is the Israeli-Arab and Ultra-Orthodox Population Actually Booming?” The Forward, July 5, 2018. https://forward.com/scribe/404509/is-the-israeli-arab-and-ultra-orthodox-population-actually-booming/

Karolina Zielinska and Nir Boms, “Israel and the Southern De-escalation Zone: A Closer Look at the Israeli-Syrian Border,” Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, July 12, 2018. https://dayan.org/content/israel-and-southern-de-escalation-zone-closer-look-israeli-syrian-border

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