The Jewish people and the State of Israel are, on one level, in the strongest, most secure position in Jewish history, a genuine golden age. It is in this position of seeming strength that world Jewry and Israel confront these Mega-Trends. The external challenges they present are all daunting--the rise of radical Islamic non-state actors, several poised on Israel’s northern…

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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 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…