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Israel-Diaspora Relations

Jerusalem

This paper deals with enhancing the standing of Jerusalem as the civilizational capital of the Jewish people and as a cultural and spiritual center of humanity as a whole, while respecting and preserving its importance in Christianity and Islam. It has been prepared by the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute at the joint initiative of the Mayor of Jerusalem and…
Israel-Diaspora Relations

2006 Annual Assessment

The 2006 Annual Assessment is designed to outline and evaluate the state and dynamics of the world Jewry from multiple perspectives and to assess anticipated changes in the future. Its objective is to prepare a comprehensive and multi-dimensional annual overview that is revised to reflect trends and changes in the situation and dynamics affecting the Jewish people. This comprehensive qualitative…
Geopolitics

The Future of Israel Between Thriving and Decline

The call for urgent action in no way assumes that Israel is likely to decline without it. Israel is an unusual and heroic, historic achievement which has proven its vitality and strength. However, success in the past is no guarantee of thriving in the future, all the more so in a rapidly and radically mutative world. Prudence, therefore, requires a…
Geopolitics

2005 Annual Assessment

The 2005 Annual Assessment Executive Report: “Facing a Rapidly Changing World” provides an updated view of the challenges, threats, and opportunities confronting the Jewish People. JPPPI proposes a strategic agenda for Jewish organizations and the Government of Israel for the coming year. Project Heads: Prof. Sergio DellaPergola, Prof. Yehezkel Dror, and Dr. Shalom Solomon Wald. Read the full study: 2005…

Jewish People Global Forum

At the meeting of the Knesset Committee on Aliyah, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, which took place at the President’s Office on December 13, 2004, President Moshe Katzav and Chairperson MK Collete Avital decided to postpone actions to further the President’s initiative of a “Second House” until April 1st, 2005, following the commitment JPPPI undertook to submit a position paper on…
Asia

Policy Paper: China and the Jewish People

The publication of the strategy report China and the Jewish People by the JPPPI in November 2004 (English) and March 2005 (Hebrew),has stimulated considerable interest particularly in the Diaspora but also in China.
Asia

2004 Annual Assessment

The future of the Jewish people is not assured, though there are great opportunities for thriving. To succeed, large resources, judicious coping with critical decisions and careful crafting of long-term grand-policies are needed. Read the full paper: 2004 Annual Assessment
Jewish Communities Worldwide

Jewish Demography: Facts, Outlook, Challenges

Is there a global Jewish demographic crisis? Will there be a Jewish Diaspora in the year 2100? Will the State of Israel have a Jewish majority by 2050? These and similar questions have recently emerged with renewed emphasis in scientific and public discourse about changing Jewish population trends at the dawn of the 21st century. New population estimates from several…
Jewish Communities Worldwide
Antisemitism

The New Anti-Jewishness

The problem is not that Israel as the “Jew among Nations” seeks to be above the law, but that it has been systematically denied equality before the law; not that Israel must respect human rights – which it should – but that the human rights of Israel have not been respected; not that human rights standards should be applied to…
Antisemitism