Policy Papers
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. New initiatives are launched to prepare young and old to respond to calls for BDS, to defend Israel’s legitimacy, to deepen their appreciation of the historic achievements of the Jewish state reborn.…
China, the American Challenge and the Implications for Israel and the Jewish People
The US vs China: Confrontation Continues in 2021 What are the consequences of the Sino-American conflict for Israel and the Jewish people? How do China’s reactions to the American challenge affect relations with Israel? This question is part of a broader global picture that must first be reviewed. The change of the US administration in 2021 did not mitigate the…
Let’s Talk – Discussing the Future Among the Jewish People
A culture of to-and-fro is not only respected in Jewish custom, it is positively sanctified. . .We know we are not weakened by debate; we are strengthened by it. Today, however, I fear this is a lesson we need to learn afresh. –Israel President Reuven Rivlin, Forward, 8 February 2021 Talmudic discourse shows that Jews are encouraged to ask questions;…
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…
The Evolving World Order: Implications for Israel and the Jewish People
Avi Gil is a Senior Fellow of the Jewish People Policy Institute. His work at JPPI focuses on developments in the geopolitical arena and their implications for Israel and the Jewish people. Gil is a former Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His book, The Peres Formula – Diary of a Confidant, was published last year. *** The writing…
The Future of the Current World Order: Implications for Israel and the Jewish People
The terrible human cost of World War II drove the United States to promote the establishment of institutions, rules, conventions, and agreements that would regulate, in the international sphere, such basic issues as arms control, trade, health, environmental protection, and more. This “world order,” which was forged during a period of American dominance and rooted in a multilateral approach to…
India, Israel and the Jewish People
INDIA, ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE Looking Ahead, Looking Back 25 Years after Normalization With a Foreword by H.E. President Reuven Rivlin Shalom Salomon Wald and Arielle Kandel
Raising Jewish Children: Research and Indications for Intervention
Family, Engagement, and Jewish Continuity among American Jews Sylvia Barack Fishman and Steven M. Cohen Learning Jewishness, Jewish Education, and Jewish Identity Sylvia Barack Fishman and Shlomo Fischer Contributors: Rachel S. Bernstein, Dov Maimon and Shmuel Rosner