Contemporary Readings

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Einat Admony, “How Celebrity Chef Einat Admony Learned to Love Israeli Food,” Daily Beast, September 17, 2019. https://www.thedailybeast.com/an-essay-from-chef-einat-admonys-new-book-shuk…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Morsi Abu Mokh, “Between the Rational and the Emotional: Factors Influencing the Political Participation of Arab Citizens in…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli SperlingEmory University and Center for Israel Educationkenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Adnan Abu Amer, “How to read Hamas’ visit to Iran,” Al-Monitor, July 26, 2019. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/07/palestine-hamas-iran-relations-visit-delegation-war-us-syria.html  Mohammed Bani Salameh and Ayman Hayajneh, “How…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Muriel Asseburg and Nimrod Goren, “Divided and Divisive Europeans, Israel and Israeli-Palestinian Peacemaking,” SWP Berlin, 2019. https://www.swpberlin.org/fileadmin/contents/products/fachpublikationen/Asseburg_PAX_REPORT_Divided_Divisive.pdf Laura Adkins, “This…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Meirav Arlosoroff, “Shabbat Costs Israel Billions of Dollars Every Year,” Haaretz, May 16, 2019. https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-how-keeping-shabbat-costs-israel-tens-of-billions-of-shekels-every-year-1.7242501 Shay Atias, “The Barring of Eurovision from…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Said Affassi, “First Arab Cultural Center to open in Israel’s largest Bedouin city,” I24News, April 26, 2019. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/society/1556210665-the-first-arab-cultural-center-to-open-in-israel-s-largest-bedouin-city Harriet Agnew…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Ghaith Al-Omari, “Oslo’s Mangled Legacy,” The Cairo Review of Global Affairs, Winter 2019. https://www.thecairoreview.com/essays/oslos-mangled-legacy/ Inball Arieli, “How chaos drives success,…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Michael Barak, “Civil War? The rift between Fatah and Hamas, as seen on social media,” Moshe Dayan Center, February 7,…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Amb. (Ret.) Barukh Binah, “US Policies towards Israel and the Middle East,” The Israel Institute for Regional Foreign Relations, January…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Major General (res.) Yaacov Amidror, “The Withdrawal of the US from Syria in Broad Perspective,” JISS, December 26, 2018. https://jiss.org.il/en/amidror-the-withdrawal-of-the-us-from-syria-in-broad-perspective/…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Adnan Abu Amer,  “Have Palestinians given up on resistance?” Al-Monitor, October 26, 2018. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/10/palestinian-poll-support-armed-resistance-negotiations.html#ixzz5VfZvi5PS Entsar Abu Jahal, “How Palestinian Exports of $1…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu  Adnan Abu Amer, “Economic ties going strong between Israel, Palestine,” Al-Monitor, September 28, 2018. https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/09/palestine-israel-telecom-economic-political-relations.html Dania Akkad, “Pipeline purchase paves…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Anna Ahronheim, “American Students go back to School with Israeli Bulletproof Backpacks,” August 29, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Jpost-Tech/American-students-go-back-to-school-with-Israeli-bulletproof-backpacks-566069   Amiram Barkat, “Israel’s economy grew…

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…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu  Anna Ahronheim, “Israel and Germany Green Light Billion Dollar Killer Drone Deal,” Jerusalem Post, June 14, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-and-Germany-green-light-billion-dollar-killer-drone-deal-559938 American Jewish…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Wajat Ali, “I Talked to Zionists—Then I Was Disinvited by a Major Muslim Group,” The Atlantic, May 30, 2018. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/i-talked-to-zioniststhen-i-was-disinvited-by-a-major-muslim-group/561575/…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Anna Ahronheim, “Russian Supply of S-300 Systems to Syria Major Threat to IAF,” Jerusalem Post, April 15, 2018. https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Russian-supply-of-S-300-systems-to-Syria-major-threat-to-IAF-549837  Shehab…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Raphael Ahren, “As Israel fetes Air India flight over Saudi airspace, El Al cries foul,” Times of Israel, March 26,…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Shimon Arad, “Trump’s National Security Strategy: US and Israeli Viewpoints Converge,” BESA Center, February 4, 2018. https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/trump-security-strategy-israel/ Brian Blum, “‘Netflix for…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Taisir Amre, “A Palestinian Offer to Share Jerusalem,” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, January 17, 2018. http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/fikraforum/view/is-dividing-jerusalem-the-key-to-peace Shimon…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Rania Said Abdalla, “Egypt’s Unfinished Revolution: The Fight for Sexual Equality,” Washington Institute for Near East Studies, December 15, 2017….

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Adam Abrams, “Israeli Economy Flexes its Muscle: Shekel Deemed World’s 2nd-Strongest Currency,” Algemeiner, November 15, 2017.https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/11/15/israeli-economy-flexes-its-muscle-shekel-deemed-worlds-2nd-strongest-currency/ Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, “The…

Assembled by Ken Stein and Eli Sperling Emory University and Center for Israel Education kenstein@israeled.org or kstein@emory.edu Gwen Ackerman, “In Israel Ultra-Orthodox Women Emerge as Tech Entrepreneurs,” Bloomberg, October 16, 2017. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-17/in-israel-ultra-orthodox-women-emerge-as-tech-entrepreneurs Raphael Ahren, “UNESCO-Affiliated…