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

Algemeiner Staff, “Israel Philharmonic Orchestra Releases Virtual Passover Music Medley,” Algemeiner, April 08, 2020. https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/04/08/israel-philharmonic-orchestra-releases-virtual-passover-music-medley/

Moran Azulay, “Netanyahu and Gantz sign deal for unity government,” Ynet News, April 20, 2020. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/Hk2C2rsOL

Joy Bernard, “Locked down? Open up to… rising Israeli musician Oren Lavie,” Times of Israel, April 24, 2020. https://www.timesofisrael.com/locked-down-open-up-to-rising-israeli-musician-oren-lavie/

Itai Brun, Yoel Guzansky, Daniel Rakov, Sarah J. Feuer, “Food for Thought during the Corona Crisis: Ten Potential Negative Scenarios in Israel’s Strategic Environment,” INSS, April 1, 2020. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/ten-negative-scenarios/ 

CIE Staff, “A Guide for Streaming Israeli Content,” Center for Israel Education, April 2020. https://israeled.org/a-guide-for-streaming-israeli-content/

Edy Cohen, “Coronavirus and the Arab Culture of Secrecy,” BESA Center, May 1, 2020. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/coronavirus-arab-culture-secrecy/

Mohammed S. Dajani, “Forging a Path to Peace in The Time of Coronavirus,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 1, 2020. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/Peace-Coronavirus-Israel-Palestinians-COVID-19

Sophia Deboick, “Music and hedonism in Tel Aviv,” The New European, April 20, 2020. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/sophia-deboick-on-music-and-hedonism-in-tel-aviv-1-6610519

Zvi Eckstein, Avihai Lifschitz, and Sarit Menahem-carm, “a Growth Strategy for the Israeli Economy,” Brookings Institute, April 2020. https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/FP_20200407_israel_economy.pdf

Oded Eran, “A Gloomy Forecast for the Middle East following the Coronavirus Crisis,” INSS, April 22, 2020. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/the-coronavirus-crisis-in-the-middle-east/

Benjamin Ferrer, “Next-generation chickpea protein: Israeli start-up InnovoPro nets US$15m funding,” Food Ingredients First, April 24, 2020.  https://www.foodingredientsfirst.com/news/next-generation-chickpea-protein-israeli-start-up-innovopro-nets-us15m-funding.html 

Matti Friedman, “The Last Remnants of the Israeli Left,” New York Times, April 27, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/opinion/labor-likud-knesset-israel.html?smid=fb-share&fbclid=IwAR0ChkM2x2Z0W-yCLxITDxUHc7Wpf8VbkizXu7ObYB3RtMM3GH2xZXWAOpc

Gershon Hacohen, “A Tale of Two Leaders: Netanyahu During the Coronavirus Crisis and Ben-Gurion During the War of Independence,” BESA Center, April 28, 2020. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/coronavirus-netanyahu-ben-gurion/

Tal Grinfas-David  “Zionism in Israeli Music – Activities, Ideas and Links to Resources,” Center for Israel Education, April 25, 2020. https://israeled.org/zionism-in-israeli-music-activities-ideas-and-links-to-resources/ 

Fleur Hassan Nahoum, “World powers turn to Israel for coronavirus pandemic leadership example,” Jerusalem Post, April 2, 2020. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/world-powers-turn-to-israel-for-coronavirus-pandemic-leadership-example-623399

Anne Herzberg, “UN Treaty Body Promotes BDS at Urging of Norwegian NGO,” BESA Center, April 15, 2020. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/un-treaty-body-promotes-bds-at-urging-of-norwegian-ngo/

Michael Herzog, Ghaith al-Omari, “Coronavirus on the Israeli-Palestinian Scene (Part 2): The Gaza Strip,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, May 1, 2020.  https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/coronavirus-on-the-israeli-palestinian-scene-part-2-the-gaza-strip

Tammy Hoffman, “A Moment of Reckoning for the [Israeli] Education System,” Israel democracy Institute, April 6, 2020. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/31252 

Hussein Ibish, “What Arab TV Says About Evolving Attitudes Toward Israel,” Bloomberg, May 5, 2020. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-05-05/what-arab-tv-says-about-evolving-attitudes-toward-jews-and-israel

IPC Team, “Is Israel Prepared to Emerge from the Coronavirus Crisis?” IDC Herziliya, April 17, 2020. https://www.idc.ac.il/en/research/ips/pages/insights/insights-17-4-20-ips.aspx 

Israel21c Staff, “Join us on an intimate journey through seven decades of Israel’s history,” Israel21c, April 20, 2020. https://www.israel21c.org/join-us-on-an-intimate-journey-through-seven-decades-of-israels-history/

Israel21c Staff, “Make your own homemade hummus and pita this Independence Day,” Israel21c, April 23, 2020. https://www.israel21c.org/make-your-own-homemade-hummus-and-pita-this-independence-day/

Israel Kasnett, “Israel sells record $25 billion in bonds as investors show confidence in economy,” Jewish News Syndicate, April 30, 2020. https://www.jns.org/israel-sells-record-25-billion-in-bonds-as-investors-show-confidence-in-economy/

Isabel Kershner, “Passover Under Lockdown: Israeli Jews Revise the Rituals,” New York Times, April 7, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/07/world/middleeast/coronavirus-passover-israel.html

Anthony Kim, “Israel moving toward greater economic freedom – opinion,” Jerusalem Post, April 13, 2020. https://www.jpost.com/opinion/israel-moving-toward-greater-economic-freedom-opinion-624571

Daniel Kurtzer and Maira Seeley, “The Middle East’s Evolving Security Landscape: Prospects for Regional Cooperation and US Engagement,” Istituto Affari Internazionali, May 2020. https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/middle-easts-evolving-security-landscape-prospects-regional-cooperation-and-us

Yossi Klein Halevi, “How Hebrew music made me an Israeli: 12 seminal songs for Independence Day,” Times of Israel, April 28, 2020. https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/how-hebrew-music-made-me-an-israeli/

Yossi Klein Halevi, “Israel’s Arab Moment,” The Atlantic, April 20, 2020. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/israels-arab-moment/610918/

David M. Halbfinger and Isabel Kershner, “Netanyahu’s Power Is Extended as Rival Accepts Israel Unity Government,” New York Times, April 22, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/20/world/middleeast/netanyahu-israel-government-gantz.html

Abigail Klein Leichman, “Israel launches ingenious zero-exposure Covid-19 test kiosks,” Israel21c, April 27, 2020. https://www.israel21c.org/israel-launches-ingenious-zero-exposure-covid-19-test-kiosks/

Ephraim Lavie (et.al), “On the Eve of Ramadan: Arab Society in Israel and the Coronavirus,” INSS, April 23, 2020. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/ramadan-in-times-of-corona/

Kevin Lim, “With COVID-19, Iran’s Dependence on China Grows,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, March 27, 2020. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/with-covid-19-irans-dependence-on-china-grows

Ronny Linder, “Inside the ultra-Orthodox Hospital at the Center of Israel’s Coronavirus Pandemic,” Haaretz, April 20, 2020. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-inside-the-ultra-orthodox-hospital-at-the-center-of-israel-s-coronavirus-pandemic-1.8781069 

Michael Milshtein, “Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the Face of the Coronavirus Crisis,” IDC Herziliya, April 17, 2020. https://www.idc.ac.il/en/research/ips/pages/insights/michael-milshtein-17-4-20.aspx

Meron Rappaport, “What happened to Israel’s Labor party?” Middle East Eye, April 30, 2020. https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-politics-labor-party-what-happened

Asaf Romirovsky, “The Fauda Effect: Israeli Active Defense on the Screen,” BESA Center, April 19, 2020. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/fauda-effect/

Allon Sinai, ” Insights by the Israeli Tech Sector’s Eyes and Ears in the U.S.,” Calcalist, April 24, 2020. https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3810570,00.html  

Wendy Singer, “As Countries Mull Exit Strategies, COVID-19 Could Still Undermine Global Food Security: Here’s How Israel’s AgriFood-Tech Can Mitigate Future Shortages,” Forbes, April 22, 2020. https://www.forbes.com/sites/startupnationcentral/2020/04/26/covid19-coronavirus-agritech-food-shortage/#62d9cccf6b78

Shoshanna Solomon, “How Israeli exit strategy aims to save economy while keeping virus under control,” Times of Israel, April 13, 2020. https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-israeli-exit-strategy-aims-to-save-economy-while-keeping-virus-under-control/

Eli Sperling, “Israeli/Hebrew Music Collections—Easily Accessible,” Center for Israel Education, April 2020. https://israeled.org/israeli-hebrew-music-collections-easily-accessible/

Ken Stein, “Dayenu – From Exodus to Contemporary Israel,” Center for Israel Education,   April 2020. https://israeled.org/dayenu-from-exodus-to-contemporary-israel/ 

Ken Stein, “Is Passover a Legacy Moment in Jewish History?” Center for Israel Education, April 12, 2020. https://israeled.org/is-passover-a-legacy-moment-in-jewish-history/   

Yedidia Stern, “Two Hedgehogs and a Hydra,” Israel democracy Institute, April 24, 2020. https://en.idi.org.il/articles/31385 

Eyal Tsir, “Israel’s changing regional landscape in light of COVID-19,” Brookings Institute, April 17, 2020. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/04/17/israels-changing-regional-landscape-in-light-of-covid-19/

Irenen Tsukerman, “Turkey Is Building a Geopolitical Alliance Between Sunni and Shiite Islamists,” BESA Center, April 14, 2020. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/turkey-is-building-a-geopolitical-alliance-between-sunni-and-shiite-islamists/

Ofir Winter and Tzvi Lev, “Challenges to Egypt from the Coronavirus Pandemic,” INSS, April 22, 2020. https://www.inss.org.il/publication/egypt-coronavirus-test/

Aaron Y. Zelin and Oula A. Alrifai, “Syria’s Three Governments Confront the Coronavirus,” Washington Institute for Near East Policy, April 1, 2020. https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/syrias-three-governments-confront-the-coronavirus