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JPPI Israeli Society Index

Israeli Society Index June 2024: Israel should attack Hezbollah – with full force

Most Israelis feel that Israel should agree to the Biden cease-fire plan; confidence in the government and the IDF command echelon continues to drop.
JPPI Israeli Society Index

US Jews more optimistic about the future of Israel than the United States of America

JPPI President, Yedidia Stern, commented on the findings, “This survey provides a valuable snapshot of the evolving attitudes within the American Jewish community regarding the Gaza war and its broader implications. Understanding these perspectives is crucial for shaping policies and fostering stronger ties between US Jews and Israel.
Thin Constitution

On a Thin Constitution

In the absence of any possibility of a full constitution at the present time, we need a framework of rules that can be agreed upon and that are not heavily burdened by contrasting ideologies and can thus contribute to stability. This is the rationale behind the Jewish People Policy Institute’s “Thin Constitution” project.
Thin Constitution

Voice of the Jewish People Survey – May 2024: The sense of insecurity has increased among US Jews

According to the new survey, there is wide agreement that the Biden administration and university authorities have not responded effectively to the challenge of campus protests.

Newsletter 2.6.24

Opening: As Israel wages war, while also contending with a geopolitical affront and an international legal onslaught, it is grappling with a difficult domestic issue: recruitment of the ultra-Orthodox into the IDF. Notably, the internal division presents the most formidable threat to the coalition. About 75% of Israel’s Jews demand ultra-Orthodox conscription, but the government will fall if their petition is granted. JPPI’s experts have dealt with this seemingly intractable issue,…
Religion and State

Drafting Haredim – Coercion Is Not the Answer

What do we do when an ultra-Orthodox public devout about its faith faces off against another public – one that’s devout about the security of the state?
Religion and State
Antisemitism

Campus protests must be branded ‘Academic Intifada’

Worldwide, small cells of well-organized, well-funded haters demean academia, reducing a complex conflict to hate-filled slogans.
Antisemitism
Middle East

How Israel Can Find Its Way Out of Isolation

Articulating a plan for Gaza can help Israel stave off some of the criticism and potentially keep together some of the support that it still has around the world.
Middle East
Antisemitism

Surprised by progressives celebrating Oct. 7? Look at how they have treated Iran

Even today, opposition members from Islamic countries who dare to uphold the universal validity of human rights and condemn religious fundamentalism face vehement backlash from certain left-wing intellectuals in the West. Rather than embracing their commitment to human rights, these individuals are slandered as imperialist collaborators, perpetuating Islamophobia
Antisemitism