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What Would We Choose at the Moment of Truth – Judaism or Democracy?

What Would We Choose at the Moment of Truth – Judaism or Democracy?

So long as we regard the state’s religious character as a matter of the identity of the state itself, no subpopulation can sit down at the discussion table with true willingness for compromise. Yet if we agree with the contention that the state is an apparatus meant to ensure the Jewish people’s survival and continuity, then the discussion ceases to be one of values and becomes, instead, one of means, i.e. – what are the means that will serve this end without undercutting the state’s other functions as a democratic state?
05/05/2024
By: Natan Sharansky | Rachel Sharansky Danziger
Dividing Israel: How politics of trust threatens inquiry into October 7
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Dividing Israel: How politics of trust threatens inquiry into October 7

We are deliberatively denuding ourselves of any ability to identify a domain of genuine consensus or the ways to reach an agreement.
19/03/2025
By: Prof. Yedidia Stern
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About the Center for Jewish-Israeli Identity
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About the Center for Jewish-Israeli Identity

Jewish identity underlies the sense of belonging shared by members of the Jewish people. Recognition of Jewish “connection” is a necessary condition for Jewish cohesion, solidarity, and mutual responsibility.
07/02/2024
About the Center for Jewish-Israeli Identity
Photo by Eitan Elhadez-Barak/TPS

About the Center for Jewish-Israeli Identity

Jewish identity underlies the sense of belonging shared by members of the Jewish people. Recognition of Jewish “connection” is a necessary condition for Jewish cohesion, solidarity, and mutual responsibility.
09/04/2024
About the Center for Jewish-Israeli Cohesion

About the Center for Jewish-Israeli Cohesion

One of the greatest threats to the Jewish people in our time is the internal discord among Jews.
07/02/2024
About the Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Information and Consulting Center

About the Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Information and Consulting Center

JPPI’s Diane and Guilford Glazer Foundation Information and Consulting Center is utilizing cutting-edge technologies and Israel’s best technological minds to collect, analyze, and disseminate relevant data about Jewish life in Israel and the Diaspora.
07/02/2024
One, Two, or Three Jewish Identities among Jewish Americans?
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One, Two, or Three Jewish Identities among Jewish Americans?

Credit: pio3/Shutterstock.com The recently published Pew report, Jewish Americans in 2020, points to a somewhat disturbing reality within US Jewry: two polar opposite forms of being Jewish and of Jewish identity are growing on the margins of the Jewish community. These forms are especially growing in the younger age cohorts, and they are becoming increasingly significant. Both differ from what…
01/06/2021
By: Dr. Shlomo Fischer
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The dangerous fantasy of independence from the US
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The dangerous fantasy of independence from the US

Frustrating as it may be, Israel’s defense sector can’t fill in the supply gaps opened by months of high-intensity warfare
23/01/2024
By: Dr. Shuki Friedman
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The Saudi Plan of Shimon Peres
Geopolitics

The Saudi Plan of Shimon Peres

On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of one of our prominent statesmen, the former Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs writes about how he thinks Shimon Peres would have forged a normalization agreement with Saudi Arabia.
02/08/2023
By: Avi Gil
Geopolitics
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