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Another Unnecessary War of the Jews

The abusive diatribe recently leveled by Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef against Israeli immigrants from the former Soviet Union is merely a symptom, not the problem itself. The real problem is that the Chief Rabbinate, headed by Rabbi Yosef together with his Ashkenazi counterpart Rabbi Lau, makes life difficult for this immigrant population on a daily basis, applying an extremely stringent…
01/07/2020

The Rule of Law Over the Ruler

After a gestation period that dragged on for years, on Sunday – the criminal case of “the State of Israel versus Benjamin Netanyahu” will finally make it to the courtroom. It has not been a happy pregnancy. The child brought into the world at its end could be a guilty verdict against an incumbent prime minister, one of the greatest…
22/05/2020

Sanity Prevails: 11 to 0

Many among the extreme right and extreme left were bitterly disappointed by the High Court’s unequivocal decision not to disqualify Netanyahu from serving as prime minister. The ruling pulled the rug out from under the fairy tale of the deep state, which the extreme right has been trying to sell. When the most liberal and activist justices decide that Netanyahu…
10/05/2020

Moment of Truth for Judicial Restraint

Nearly half of all Israelis do not trust the High Court They attribute a left-wing bias to the Court and claim that it engages in extreme activism, in violation of the separation of powers. This is the forerunner of the “deep state” that aims to subvert the elected government. For years, arguments against the “rule by lawyers” have been the…
08/05/2020

Two Hedgehogs and a Hydra

The coalition agreement – the prickly embrace of two hedgehogs – is better than many feared it would be but worse than they had hoped it would be. The two Benjamins certainly deserve credit: Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz strode bare-chested into a free-fire zone. Many consider his agreement with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be a doomed…
24/04/2020
2020 Pluralism Index
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2020 Pluralism Index

This year, JPPI’s Pluralism Index survey was conducted under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, and immediately after Israelis had been subjected to their third round of tense and difficult elections in the space of a year.
23/04/2020
By: Noah Slepkov, Professor Camil Fuchs, Shmuel Rosner
2020 JPPI Pluralism Index: Digital Event

2020 JPPI Pluralism Index: Digital Event

On Thursday, April 23, at 11:30-13:00 (EDT); 08:30-10:00 (PDT) 18:30-20:00 (Israel time) JPPI will hold a special online event to present its 2020 Pluralism Index.
19/04/2020
By: Shmuel Rosner, Professor Camil Fuchs, Noah Slepkov

The Yom Kippur of the Ultra-Orthodox

For the ultra-Orthodox, the very notion of a great rabbi making a mistake is unthinkable. What we’ve seen over the past month, is not about one rabbi getting it wrong. A long list of the leading ultra-Orthodox rabbis, in Israel and abroad, initially refused to comply with the government directive to shut down yeshivot, synagogues, and ritual baths. At a…
08/04/2020
The Growth of the Haredi Communities in the Diaspora
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The Growth of the Haredi Communities in the Diaspora
25/03/2020
By: Dr. Shlomo Fischer, Dr. John Ruskay
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