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JPPI Israeli Society Index – September 2026: Israelis See the Election as Especially Important

In each of the social, economic, and security spheres, a majority of Israelis say the past year was not good. Four in ten say Israel is improving, but a majority believe it is deteriorating.

Newsletter 11.9.26

As the new year approaches, we are pleased to share JPPI’s flagship study – the Annual Assessment of the Jewish People – which presents assessments, analyses, and policy recommendations....

Annual Assessment of the Jewish People 2026 | 5786

Alongside a positive military ledger, this year's comprehensive report shows erosion in Israel's international support, a crisis in core channels with the U.S. and Diaspora Jewry, and escalating internal polarization.  
Democracy

Israel’s Declaration: A Secular Sacred Text, Not a Legal Weapon

Those who cherish the Declaration must resist placing it in the legal arena.
Democracy
Identity and Education

The Perfect Storm: Why this Rosh Hashanah May Start Israel’s Most Challenging Year Yet

A convergence of trends and events – some global, some local – threatens to turn the Jewish New Year into a “perfect storm” for Israel, from elections and war to diplomacy and climate change.
Identity and Education
Geopolitics

Israel cannot prevent another October 7 if Netanyahu keeps rewriting the first one

Israel cannot learn from October 7 if its leaders continue to deflect responsibility and rewrite the failures that made the massacre possible.
Geopolitics
Religion and State

When women are asked to disappear

In every case, the same principle is being established: when a man’s beliefs collide with a woman’s presence, the woman is the one expected to move.
Religion and State
Religion and State

Netanyahu’s false promise of ‘study or serve’

The latest Haredi draft slogan gives voters exactly what they want to hear without delivering the soldiers Israel needs.
Religion and State
Identity and Education

The right to disappear: What Israel can learn from Europe about privacy

Vienna’s search for two missing Israelis highlights the tension between family’s right to know and an adult’s right to privacy.
Identity and Education