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2013-2014 Annual Assessment

2013-2014 Annual Assessment

2013-2014 Annual Assessment No. 10 PROJECT HEAD Dr. Shlomo Fischer CONTRIBUTORS Avinoam Bar-Yosef, Nadia Ellis, Sylvia Barack Fishman, Avi Gil, Inbal Hakman, Michael Herzog, Antony Korenstein, Dov Maimon, Asaf Nissenbaum, Steven Popper, Shmuel Rosner, David Saks, Noah Slepkov, Shalom Salomon Wald, Einat Wilf EDITORS Barry Geltman Rami Tal We would like to thank Prof. Gideon Shimoni, Prof. Uzi Rebhun, and…
06/08/2014
Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State
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Israel as a Jewish and Democratic State

This JPPI special report brings Diaspora input on the character of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state into an important initiative of Israel’s Ministry of Justice. The goal is to consider legislation on Israel’s Jewish and democratic nature at a time when different ideological groups within Israel hold conflicting views of how these components should be prioritized.
03/06/2014
By: Shmuel Rosner, Avi Gil

The Holyland Sentencing: A Faithful City?

I found myself on an emotional roller coaster this week following the Court’s sentencing of Ehud Olmert, former mayor of Israel’s capital and former prime minister of Israel, being tossed from side to side by sadness, pride, and apprehension. My sadness was on a personal level. I know Ehud Olmert. We are not friends, but we embrace when we meet.…
18/05/2014

A Jewish State Warrants Our Sacrifice

Israel is celebrating 66 years of independence, an independence acquired with the blood of thousands of young men and women who gave their lives for the nation while serving in its armed forces and other security agencies. This is why we observe Israel’s Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Israel’s Independence Day on two—consecutive and very emotional—days. Every year on…
16/05/2014

The Lessons of Passover: We are the Other

This year, as in other years, the highest rated event in Israel will not be a contemporary event, whether a political event, a sports event, or a cultural event. Rather, it will be a traditional event that commemorates the past: the Seder. Like dozens of previous generations, on the eve of Passover, some 85% of Jews in Israel will gather…
13/04/2014
On Israelis Abroad
Israel-Diaspora Relations

On Israelis Abroad

Current intensive migration trends, which many societies and states are experiencing as a result of economic globalization, have not by-passed Israel. Emigration from Israel is unique in that its principal treatment comes from the parent country, Israel, and much less from the destination countries. The main reason for this is that, in Israel, emigration is viewed as a contradiction of…
20/03/2014
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Preliminary Findings – Jewish and Democratic: Perspectives from World Jewry
Israel-Diaspora Relations

Preliminary Findings – Jewish and Democratic: Perspectives from World Jewry

This paper presents the motivation behind, mechanism employed, and preliminary findings of JPPI’s project, Jewish and Democratic: Perspectives from World Jewry. Parts of this paper originally appeared in a background document prepared for moderators and participants in JPPI seminars conducted in early 2014 in Jewish communities around the world.
16/03/2014
Israel-Diaspora Relations
The Conference on the Future of the Jewish People, Glen Cove 2014
Geopolitics

The Conference on the Future of the Jewish People, Glen Cove 2014

Opening Remarks by Avinoam Bar-Yosef (March 11, 2014)
16/03/2014
Geopolitics
Implications of the Pew Report
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Implications of the Pew Report

The October 2013 Pew report and other studies raise major questions as to whether this pattern of activity can continue, at least in its current form. These questions are less concerned with the concrete attitudes and positions the Jewish leadership and the Jewish community are currently advocating, and more concerned with the type of Jewish identity that underpins such advocacy…
16/03/2014
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