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Prof. Jehuda Reinharz

Jehuda Reinharz returned to the directorship of the Tauber Institute in 2011, after serving as president of Brandeis University between 1994 and 2010. He continues to serve as general editor of the Tauber Institute publication series and as Richard Koret Professor of Modern Jewish History. In January 2011 he became president of the Mandel Foundation. Reinharz has authored and co-authored many articles and books, including, most recently, Glorious, Accursed Europe, Darwin and His Circle, and The Scientific God: Popular Science in Hebrew in Eastern Europe in the Second Half of the 19th Century (all three written with Yaacov Shavit). His forthcoming books include the third and final volume of his biography of Chaim Weizmann, as well as a book entitled The Road to September 1939: The Yishuv, the Jews of Poland and the Zionist Movement.
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We need a broad national emergency government now

To shake off the current paralysis, all Zionist parties must agree to join hands under Netanyahu for 12 months followed by elections
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JPPI Israeli Society Index

Israeli Society Index May 2024: Drop in National Optimism

Israeli Society Index May 2024: As country marks 76th Independence Day under the shadow of war, JPPI poll notes drop in national optimism
JPPI Israeli Society Index
JPPI Israeli Society Index

JPPI Israeli Society Index, May 2024

Most of the public feels that “no one won, and no one lost” in the exchange of hostilities between Iran and Israel. In addition, a large majority of Jews agree with the assertion that the Jews are a “chosen people,” but most secular Jews reject the idea
JPPI Israeli Society Index
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A Decision is Required

As time passes and it becomes clear that the leadership is unwilling or unable to decide, the demand for “elections now” intensifies. Too much is at stake.
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Geopolitics

Axing the Oslo Accords Killed the Narrative, Not Just the Process

Observers were left with the conclusion that if the land “from the river and the sea” did not belong to two peoples, it belonged to one nation.
Geopolitics
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What happens when Israel’s military and government arms aren’t shaking hands?

The war with Hamas has demonstrated the importance of aligning military operations with political objectives.
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EVENT: MANAGING THE GROWING CHALLENGES TO JEWISH COHESION

The Jewish People Policy Institute held a webinar on the occasion of publishing the Report of its Ninth Annual Jewish World Dialogue. The event took place Tuesday, May 7 | 10 a.m. EDT (17:00 in Israel)

Top Thinkers in a Special Project: What is a Jewish State?

This special JPPI project brings you a variety of essay, videos and events on the subject of Israel’s Jewish identity, with the participation of some of the best thinkers from Israel and abroad.