Publications

Identity and Education

Remembering the Inimitable Abe Foxman

In the introduction to the book about the U.S. community I wrote about a decade and a half ago, a little story about Foxman appeared, which I thought was appropriate as a farewell to this man and to an era.
Identity and Education
Geopolitics

Trump rewrites global alliances, signals new era of conditional US ties

The US president saw it early, warned and threatened — and is now proving his simple equation: if allies do not act when asked, there is no reason to keep providing a full security umbrella.
Geopolitics
Identity and Education

Christianity Under Pressure? Israel’s Interfaith Crisis

Yaakov Katz spoke with JPPI senior fellow Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal about the growing strain on Jewish-Christian relations in Israel and the disappearance of meaningful interfaith dialogue from Israeli society.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education

What does it mean for a teacher to lose a student?

Those no longer here with us were part of the future we believed in. Their absence changes that
Identity and Education

JPPI Israeli Society Index – May 2026: Support for a Commission of Inquiry, Disagreement over its Composition

An overwhelming majority of Israelis denounce vandalizing religious symbols: Nine in ten think the soldier who smashed the crucifix in Lebanon was wrong.
Jewish Communities Worldwide

New York: Diaspora or Galut?

The Jews in the United States are no longer regarded as a persecuted people “who made it,” but rather as white oppressors whose wealth and standing came at the expense of others.
Jewish Communities Worldwide

Macron’s diplomacy ahead of Paris conference raises bias concerns on Israel

Macron’s diplomatic messaging on the Middle East sparks debate over neutrality and double standards.
Geopolitics

AI study: UN chief singles out Israel for harsher treatment than Iran, China, Russia

JPPI analysis of 1,100 statements by António Guterres finds a systematic pattern of exceptional treatment toward the State of Israel.
Geopolitics
Identity and Education

Israelis don’t want war; they want to win Eurovision

It is a national event, something close to a civic ritual. And in cultural terms, it offers a way of belonging to a larger endeavor.
Identity and Education
Geopolitics

The Reagan lesson for Iran: Defeat the regime, defuse the bomb

Reagan’s Cold War statecraft offers lessons for confronting Iran’s regime and nuclear ambitions.
Geopolitics
Antisemitism

Are Americans Finally Ready to Denounce Violence — Left, Right and Jihadist?

Amid so much media noise, with social media creating Algorithmic Radicals, spiraling deeper and deeper into violence-inducing echo chambers, many believe the shriller the better. But words matter – and tone matters too.
Antisemitism
Geopolitics

A War of Consciousness

National security depends not only on victories in Bint Jbeil or Rafah, but also on the battlefields of consciousness in Washington, Berlin, and Paris.
Geopolitics

Newsletter 15.5.26

Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion shaped Israel's security doctrine in the face of physical threats in the regional arena. Today, a new, particularly potent threat has emerged – a cognitive threat – which is being waged on the global stage....
Identity and Education

Remembering the Inimitable Abe Foxman

In the introduction to the book about the U.S. community I wrote about a decade and a half ago, a little story about Foxman appeared, which I thought was appropriate as a farewell to this man and to an era.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education

Christianity Under Pressure? Israel’s Interfaith Crisis

Yaakov Katz spoke with JPPI senior fellow Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal about the growing strain on Jewish-Christian relations in Israel and the disappearance of meaningful interfaith dialogue from Israeli society.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education

What does it mean for a teacher to lose a student?

Those no longer here with us were part of the future we believed in. Their absence changes that
Identity and Education
Jewish Communities Worldwide

New York: Diaspora or Galut?

The Jews in the United States are no longer regarded as a persecuted people “who made it,” but rather as white oppressors whose wealth and standing came at the expense of others.
Jewish Communities Worldwide

JPPI Israeli Society Index – May 2026: Support for a Commission of Inquiry, Disagreement over its Composition

An overwhelming majority of Israelis denounce vandalizing religious symbols: Nine in ten think the soldier who smashed the crucifix in Lebanon was wrong.

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Christianity Under Pressure? Israel’s Interfaith Crisis
Christianity Under Pressure? Israel’s Interfaith Crisis

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