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JPPI Senior Fellow, Brig. Gen. (Ret) Michael Herzog, named as Israel’s Ambassador to the US

Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Michael Herzog, a long-time JPPI Senior Fellow, has been appointed Israel’s next Ambassador to the United States. Mike is undoubtedly the right man, for the right place, at the right time. His personal and professional qualities have been a great asset for the Institute and while we are sorry to lose him, we are, of course, happy…
Religion and State

What Israelis Want: Kosher Food at Affordable Prices

The new minister of religious affairs has a plan to provide more reliable supervision and lower food prices — all without harming the Chief Rabbinate.
Religion and State
Geopolitics

To Deter Iran, Give Israel a Big Bomb

The best way to ensure Tehran doesn’t gain the capability to make a nuclear weapon is for the U.S. to empower its ally.
Geopolitics
התפוצות

Despite the Gloomy Headlines, American Jewry has Grown in Size

American Jewry has grown in size, is largely connected to Israel, and the young generation can be engaged; is more diverse and divided than in the past Highlights from Prof. Leonard Saxe’s lecture at JPPI (edited by Dan Feferman).
התפוצות

Jews: Minority or Mainstream?

Jewish Orthodox groups see their task as defending traditional conservative values, and in so doing are aligning with traditional and conservative groups within their society.
Israel-Diaspora Relations

Is the Future of European Jewry in Danger?

Is the continent where most of world Jewry has roots – and where such concepts as liberalism, human rights, nationalism, and even Zionism were born – crumbling beneath us?
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Jews in Germany

Is the Future of European Jewry in Danger?

Is the continent where most of world Jewry has roots – and where such concepts as liberalism, human rights, nationalism, and even Zionism were born – crumbling beneath us?
Jews in Germany
Education

The missed potential of Tisha B’Av

Tisha B’Av can become a more significant day for every Israeli — a day that unites the religious with the national and the historical for the Jews living in Israel and for the Zionist enterprise.
Education
Education

High Court gender segregation ruling provides for ‘A Room of Their Own’

In agreeing to limited separation in academia, the Court rejected the extreme positions of both the Haredim and those who oppose them
Education