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

Professor in the Department of Israeli Thought and Philosophy at the Hebrew University, and the Gross Professor at the New York University School of Law. Halbertal was a Fellow of the Society of Fellows at Harvard University, and a visiting professor at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania Law Schools. He is a former Research Associate at the Shalom Hartman Institute. Halbertal teaches political and Jewish philosophy in the leadership programs at the Mandel Institute for Leadership in Jerusalem and is a member of the Israeli National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.

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