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Israel-Diaspora Relations and the Pew Report

Israel-Diaspora Relations and the Pew Report

The depth and quality of relations between Israeli and Diaspora Jews are perennially on the public agenda. The new Pew report, Jewish Americans in 2020, provides insight into our current point in time. It allows us to examine whether and how relations between the two largest Jewish communities – in Israel and the United States – are in a state…
01/06/2021
By: Dr. Inbal Hakman
One, Two, or Three Jewish Identities among Jewish Americans?
Identity and Education

One, Two, or Three Jewish Identities among Jewish Americans?

[caption id="attachment_4303" align="aligncenter" width="799"] Credit: pio3/Shutterstock.com[/caption] 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.…
01/06/2021
By: Dr. Shlomo Fischer
Identity and Education
The 2021 Arab Israeli Riots and their Consequences

The 2021 Arab Israeli Riots and their Consequences

In May 2021 Israel faced violent confrontations on two fronts, within the common broader context of Jewish-Arab relations in the Israeli-Palestinian space. One front was Hamas-controlled Gaza, from which over four thousand rockets were fired at Israeli cities. The other was the domestic front, centered around violent incidents of various kinds within Israel (including East Jerusalem): demonstrations, riots, arson, Molotov…
01/06/2021
By: Shmuel Rosner
Israel’s confrontation with Hamas is a strategic wake-up call
Geopolitics

Israel’s confrontation with Hamas is a strategic wake-up call
20/05/2021
Geopolitics
The Jewish Camp of the Nine Percent

The Jewish Camp of the Nine Percent

The Pew Research Center's new study of American Jews offers a wealth of data. Some of its findings are headline-making and can be expected to dominate the news, while others are more obscure. It is often the more obscure information that is truly important and interesting. Here I suggest examining one particular finding. The researchers examined the degree of connection…
11/05/2021
By: Shmuel Rosner
Was the Coronavirus Year Really One of Deepening Polarization?
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Ultra-Orthodox

Was the Coronavirus Year Really One of Deepening Polarization?

The past year presented Israeli society and its elected officials with quite a few challenges. Notable among them was a sense of polarization and (some maintain) hatred between different population sectors.
09/05/2021
By: Dr. Inbal Hakman
Ultra-Orthodox
Jewish Families Project

Jewish Families Project

The past year was the year of television. The lockdowns, social isolation and extra free time strengthened a medium that has in any case flourished in recent years. And in the era of television, the year of television, it was also a shining time for Israel’s (relatively) new public TV channel Kan 11. In last month’s Israeli Academy of Film…
09/05/2021
By: Dr. Gitit Levy-Paz
Climate Change and the Jewish Question

Climate Change and the Jewish Question

Despite everything they have in common, the Israeli Jewish experience differs greatly from the Diaspora Jewish experience. The two communities don't always have the same interests or find the same issues compelling, and they disagree on quite a few matters, both those relating to values and those relating to modes of action. Understanding these tensions in depth, and trying to…
09/05/2021
By: Dr. Dov Maimon
Antisemitism and its Impact on Jewish Identity
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Antisemitism and its Impact on Jewish Identity
03/05/2021
By: Dr. Shlomo Fischer, Dr. John Ruskay
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