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The 2007 Annual Assessment

The question before us here is to what extent we have a responsibility, as a Jewish democratic nation, to pursue tikkun olam on a countrywide scale. In recent months, Israel has been faced with an opportunity to prove itself truly committed to this ideal. Waves of Sudanese refugees have been arriving weekly at the Israeli border. They hope to find…

This paper deals with enhancing the standing of Jerusalem as the civilizational capital of the Jewish people and as a cultural and spiritual center of humanity as a whole, while respecting and preserving its importance in Christianity and Islam. It has been prepared by the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute at the joint initiative of the Mayor of Jerusalem and…

The 2006 Annual Assessment is designed to outline and evaluate the state and dynamics of the world Jewry from multiple perspectives and to assess anticipated changes in the future. Its objective is to prepare a comprehensive and multi-dimensional annual overview that is revised to reflect trends and changes in the situation and dynamics affecting the Jewish people. This comprehensive qualitative…

The call for urgent action in no way assumes that Israel is likely to decline without it. Israel is an unusual and heroic, historic achievement which has proven its vitality and strength. However, success in the past is no guarantee of thriving in the future, all the more so in a rapidly and radically mutative world. Prudence, therefore, requires a…

The 2005 Annual Assessment Executive Report: “Facing a Rapidly Changing World” provides an updated view of the challenges, threats, and opportunities confronting the Jewish People. JPPPI proposes a strategic agenda for Jewish organizations and the Government of Israel for the coming year. Project Heads: Prof. Sergio DellaPergola, Prof. Yehezkel Dror, and Dr. Shalom Solomon Wald. Read the full study: 2005…

At the meeting of the Knesset Committee on Aliyah, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, which took place at the President’s Office on December 13, 2004, President Moshe Katzav and Chairperson MK Collete Avital decided to postpone actions to further the President’s initiative of a “Second House” until April 1st, 2005, following the commitment JPPPI undertook to submit a position paper on…

The publication of the strategy report China and the Jewish People by the JPPPI in November 2004 (English) and March 2005 (Hebrew),has stimulated considerable interest particularly in the Diaspora but also in China.