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Should Jews Pray on the Temple Mount Today?

What could be more natural and appropriate than full and complete realization of Jewish sovereignty over the Temple Mount—the tiny strip of land, just a few hundred square meters large, which has been at the center of the collective Jewish consciousness for generations? How can we, the fortunate generation that redeemed the Land of Israel and gathered in the exiles,…
10/08/2015
Jewish Values and Israel’s Use of Force in Armed Conflict: Perspectives from World Jewry
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Jewish Values and Israel’s Use of Force in Armed Conflict: Perspectives from World Jewry

 
23/07/2015
By: Shmuel Rosner, Brig. General (Ret.) Michael Herzog

Keeping Kosher: By Faith, Not By Force

Published in: Yedioth Ahronoth How closely should the Chief Rabbinate be scrutinizing the plates of Israel’s citizens? That is the question the Ministerial Committee for Legislation will have to answer when it considers the proposed amendment to the Kashrut Fraud Prevention Law, which would cover everything from soup to nuts. According to rough estimates, the kosher supervision industry in Israel…
16/07/2015
Op-Ed: Securing an Acceptable Iran Deal in the Long Run
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Op-Ed: Securing an Acceptable Iran Deal in the Long Run

Since the interim framework deal between the US led 5+1 and Iran was announced in April, Israel has come out strongly against what it views as a “bad deal,” one that grants international legitimacy to Iran’s nuclear program. As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remarked time and again, Israel is not against a diplomatic solution. In his speech in March to Congress, Netanyahu noted that “the alternative to this bad deal is a much better deal” and that “no country has a greater stake than Israel in a good deal that peacefully removes this threat.” Rather, Israel sees in the emerging deal a capitulation to Iranian bargaining tactics when the US position was at its strongest, and a grave misunderstanding of the Iranian regime’s intentions.
05/07/2015
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Jewish Solidarity In an Age of Polarization
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Jewish Solidarity In an Age of Polarization

Pluralism and Jewish Solidarity in Polarizing Times
02/07/2015
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Global Jewish Population Almost as Big as Before the Holocaust
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Global Jewish Population Almost as Big as Before the Holocaust

By Lucy Draper, Newsweek The global Jewish population has grown to almost the same size as before the Holocaust according to a new report which was presented to the Israeli cabinet yesterday. Independent think tank the Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) has published new figures revealing that the world's Jewish population now stands at 14.2 million. However, when it factored…
29/06/2015
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An Open Letter to the New Minister of Religious Services

Published in: The Marker To the Honorable Minister David Azoulay, As Israel's Minister of Religious Services, you have been given a golden opportunity to bring great honor to Jewish tradition, with relative ease. Following are a few recommendations for ways in which you can do this: Increase efficiency: Religious services, like all other services, must be efficient and friendly; today,…
04/06/2015
Israeli, US Jewish leaders discuss Jewish solidarity in polarization times

Israeli, US Jewish leaders discuss Jewish solidarity in polarization times

Dr. Henry Kissinger analyzed the impact of the new world order on the Jewish future and the State of Israel at the annual Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) brainstorming conference held on Glen Cove, Long Island earlier this month. In the same session, Dr. Eric Schmidt, Chairman of Google, praised Israeli high-tech and discussed how the nation’s innovations can contribute to Israel’s…
27/05/2015
Geopolitical Challenges and the New Government
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Geopolitical Challenges and the New Government

The current stormy geopolitical environment will not afford the new Israeli government a grace period. The long list of serious dilemmas, complex and intertwined issues, and decisions that will be made (or delayed), are expected to critically influence Israel's future. The main geopolitical challenges within the global and regional framework are also stormy, riddled with question marks and are very…
10/05/2015
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