Alert Papers
Measurement as a Policy Weapon in a New Age of Antisemitism
American Jews may now be experiencing something they have not faced in the century since the wave of nativism that swept the US after World War I: politically purposed antisemitism. Along with this resurgence has come a wave of incidents, both minor and all too deadly. There is the possibility of a fundamental shift in the relationship with larger US…
Jewish Demography: Facts, Outlook, Challenges
Is there a global Jewish demographic crisis? Will there be a Jewish Diaspora in the year 2100? Will the State of Israel have a Jewish majority by 2050? These and similar questions have recently emerged with renewed emphasis in scientific and public discourse about changing Jewish population trends at the dawn of the 21st century. New population estimates from several…
The New Anti-Jewishness
The problem is not that Israel as the “Jew among Nations” seeks to be above the law, but that it has been systematically denied equality before the law; not that Israel must respect human rights – which it should – but that the human rights of Israel have not been respected; not that human rights standards should be applied to…