The Israeli COVID memes

הממים הישראליים של הקורונה

Hebrew and English

University of Haifa (Israel Folktale Archives)

The COVID-19 pandemic that broke out in Israel in February 2020 prompted widespread public response, which included a deluge of humorous memes. Our research project includes an extensive collection of these digital narratives (so far we have collected 2200 images and texts) and saving them by distribution dates and topics. The collection is very rich and it represents various groups in Israeli society. We hope it will serve a variety of scholars, and it has already yielded one article dealing with Israeli humor during the pandemic.