2016 Annual Assessment

• Foreword
• Part 1
  • Recommended Policy Directions
    • Geopolitics
    • Legislative Initiatives Against BDS
    • American Jewish Orthodoxy
    • Demography
    • Material Resources
  • 2016 Integrated Net Assessment
    • Geopolitics
    • Demography
    • Bonds between Jewish Communities
    • Identity and Identification
    • Material Resources
    • People of the Book
• Part 2: Dimensions of Jewish Well-Being
  • Geopolitics
    • An Opportunity for a Geopolitical Adjustment
      • The International System and U.S. Standing
      • The Relationship with the United States and the Triangle’s Resilience
      • The Regional System: Threats and Opportunities
      • Summary: Has Israel’s Strategic Position Improved or Worsened?
      • Endnotes
    • State-Level Anti-BDS Legislative Initiatives – Overview and Recommendations
      • Overview of the Legislative Initiatives
      • Behind the Scenes – Advocates and Opponents
      • Seeing the Bigger Picture – the Limitations of anti-BDS Legislation
      • Policy Recommendations
      • Annex: Breakdown of Current State-Level Legislative Initiatives (as of September 2016)
      • Endnotes
    • Comprehensive Three-Dimensional Index on anti-Semitism in Europe
      • The Need for an Integrated Indicator
      • A Three-Dimensional Indicator
      • Implications – Comparing French Jewry’s discomfort with British Jewry’s confidence
      • Endnotes
    • India and Israel
      • Two Years since Narendra Modi’s Election Victory
      • One Man’s Whim – or Long-Term Forces of History?
      • Why is India important? The Numbers
      • India’s Soft Power Assets
      • India’s Quest for Great Power Status
      • Fast Growing Links with the Middle East
      • Energy and Economic Links with the Middle East
      • Islam: India’s Historical and Cultural Bonds with the Muslim Middle East
      • Steady Growth of Indo-Israeli Relations
      • A Dearth of Information and Cultural Links
      • The India-Israel-Jewish People Triangle
      • Endnotes
  • Demography
    • The Population of Israel
      • Introduction
      • Size and Composition
      • Fertility, Mortality, and International Migration
      • Geographic Dispersal and Mobility
      • Educational Attainment
      • Population Projections
      • The Population of Jerusalem
      • Discussion and Policy Implications
      • Endnotes
  • Bonds Within and Between Communities
    • Looking at Jewish Pluralism in Israel
      • Endnotes
  • Identity Formation and Expression
    • What are the Main Components of Jewishness? Results of JPPI Surveys
      • Report
      • What are the Main Components of Jewishness? (younger vs. older)
      • Endnotes
    • After the Zionist Revolution: Patterns of Jewish Collective Identity among Israeli Jews
      • Zionism and Jewish Identity
      • Analysis of PEW Findings
      • “Absolute Hilonim” and “Somewhat Traditional Hilonim”
      • Integration among Israeli Jews
      • Israeli Jews and American Jews
      • Endnotes
    • Religious Zionism in Israel Today: Toward the Center
      • Introduction
      • The Drive Toward Political and Moral Leadership
      • The Disengagement from Gaza and the Face-to-Face Project
      • Integral Nationalism
      • The Historical Antecedents for the Contemporary Jewish Home Party
      • Religious Zionists in the Likud
      • Jewish Home Control of the Ministries of Education and Justice
      • Religious Zionists in the Army
      • Religious Zionists in the Mainstream Electronic Media
      • The Reduction in Religiosity
      • Being Less Sectarian and Religious Increases the Impact and Appeal of Religious Zionism
      • Conclusion
      • Endnotes
  • Material Resources
  • People of the Book
    • The Heritage of Jewish Literacy and Educational Achievement and the State of Education in Israel
      • Tradition of Literacy
      • The State of Education in Israel
• Part 3: Feature Articles
  • Orthodox Jews in the United States
    • Introduction
    • Varieties of Orthodox Judaism
    • The Hasidic Community
    • The Yeshivish Community
    • Heimish Jews
    • The Modern Orthodox Community
    • The Sephardic Community
    • Chabad-Lubavitch
    • The Challenge of Orthodox Growth to Mainstream Jewish Organizations
    • General Education
    • Citizenship
    • Individual Rights
    • Conclusion
    • Endnotes
  • French Aliyah: Governmental Efforts and Recommendations
    • Successful absorption is the key to encouraging Aliyah
    • Assessing the potential: 200,000 French Jews are considering immigration to Israel
    • Socio-Cultural Profile of French Olim
    • Employment Prospects and Aliyah
    • Implementing Government Resolutions
    • Additional Efforts Required in the Employment Sphere
    • Employment and businesses
    • Housing and Communal Life
    • Conclusion
    • Endnotes
  • Austrian Jewry 70+ Years after the Shoah
    • Introduction
    • Communal Framework
    • Demography
    • Leadership
    • From “Sitting on Packed Suitcases” to “Feeling at Home”
    • External Representation – Changing Relationship with the Gentile Surroundings
    • Restitution
    • Changes in the Austrian Shoah Introspection
    • Jewish Group Identity
    • Infrastructure and Jewish Life
    • Conclusion
    • Endnotes