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Jewish Families Project
The past year was the year of television. The lockdowns, social isolation and extra free time strengthened a medium that has in any case flourished in recent years. And in the era of television, the year of television, it was also a shining time for Israel’s (relatively) new public TV channel Kan 11. In last month’s Israeli Academy of Film…
Education
Education
Israel Advocacy and Israel Education — Leadership Must Decide
The conflation of Israel advocacy and Israel education has resulted in growing numbers of North American Jews ill prepared to understand and negotiate the complexity of contemporary Israel.
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Israel-Diaspora Relations
The 2021 Israel Pluralism Index: Consensus and Disagreements
Editors: Noah Slepkov, Shmuel Rosner
בחירות
בחירות
Israeli Election: Initial Lessons
The most recent Israeli elections, like all election campaigns, can be analyzed on the tactical, short-term level or in regard to longer-term trends. On the tactical level, the elections did not result in a decisive victory to any of the political camps. This deadlock could lead to a fifth election cycle, or alternately, to the piecing together of an ideologically…
Haredim
Haredim
The Haredim: What Was Is Not What Will Be
Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) centrality to the Israeli experience is a surprising development: at the time the state was founded, Israel’s Haredi community amounted to a handful, mainly from the Old Yishuv and a small number of immigrants, refugees from the European Holocaust.
התפוצות
התפוצות
The Diaspora Jewish Community, Post-Pandemic: Trends and Recommendations
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the way Jews practice and express their Jewishness. Because the possibility exists that things will not return to the pre-pandemic norm, measures must be taken to assist Diaspora Jewry address the recent developments and their impacts, turning them into opportunities for renewal and growth. The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the way Jews practice and…