Toward a Thin Constitution Anchoring Israeli Governance

The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) aims to prepare a detailed proposal for a Thin constitution. For this purpose, two working groups have been established: one group includes professionals whose role is to propose the constitutional arrangements; this is known as the “Research Group.” Alongside it is a second group – the “Thin Constitution Council” (Advisory Committee) – which serves the Research Group in an advisory capacity; its composition reflects all sectors of Israeli society. If we are successful, the State of Israel will enjoy a stable institutional system and regime.

Toward a Thin Constitution Anchoring Israeli Governance

Rabbi of the Ohr Chadash community in Ramot, Jerusalem, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Tzarich Iyun, a journal of Haredi philosophy, head of the Haredi Israel Division of the Tikvah Fund, and a lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Hebrew University and in other academic and religious frameworks. Pfeffer holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in law from Hebrew University, and completed an Israeli Supreme Court internship (under Justice Neil Hendel). He is a Board Member of Netzah Yehuda, an organization that supports Haredi IDF soldiers. He previously served as a Dayan (Rabbinical Judge) on a monetary Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem, and in a variety of rabbinical and legal positions.

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