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.

The future of the Jewish people is not assured, though there are great opportunities for thriving. To succeed, large resources, judicious coping with critical decisions and careful crafting of long-term grand-policies are needed. Read the full paper: 2004 Annual Assessment

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 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…