About JPPI

The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI), established by the Jewish Agency for Israel Ltd. (CC), is a nonprofit organization. The Institute is an independent center of thought and planning for shaping strategy and action-oriented policy for the Jewish people, in Israel and the Diaspora. JPPI’s core objectives are to ensure the continuity and prospering of the Jewish people; to preserve and cultivate pluralistic Jewish identity as a culture, nation, and religion, and to bolster cohesion in Israel, among Diaspora Jews, and between Israel and the Diaspora.

At the heart of the Institute’s work is the systematic analysis of the challenges and opportunities facing contemporary world Jewry, and the creation of a base of knowledge and information about the Jewish people. JPPI activities are action oriented, and its products are submitted to decision makers, leaders and, when appropriate, the wider public.

JPPI provides professionals, decision makers and global leaders with:JPPI is unique in dealing with the future of the Jewish People as a whole within a methodological framework of study and policy development. Its independence is assured by its company articles, with a board of directors co-chaired by Ambassadors Stuart Eizenstat and Dennis Ross, and composed of persons with significant policy experience. The board of directors also serves as the Institute’s professional guiding council.

JPPI’s Board of Directors is co-chaired by Ambassadors Stuart Eizenstat and Dennis Ross, both of whom have served in the highest echelons of U.S. government. The Institute is assisted by its International Board of Governors, which comprises prominent public figures with high-level expertise in diverse fields and significant policy experience.