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Shifting Trends in the West and their Impact on Israel and the Jewish People
Geopolitics

Shifting Trends in the West and their Impact on Israel and the Jewish People

JPPI’s 2017 Conference on the Future of the Jewish People will explore the social, political, economic, and ideological shifts taking place in the Western world that could influence the future of the Jewish people. The conference seeks to identify key trends and gauge their possible ramifications. A special emphasis will be placed on developing recommendations for policy measures that can…
23/02/2017
Geopolitics

Is Israeli Society Frail Or Flourishing?

Recently, Israeli Minister of Justice Ayelet Shaked stated that Israeli democracy is “strong as an ox.” She said it is “healthy, vigorous, alive and kicking, and stronger than all its critics and naysayers.” At the same time, some on the left say they detect the development of anti-democratic processes in the Knesset and Israeli society, yet they dismiss any fears…
17/01/2017

Is Israeli Society Falling Apart?

Moreover, Israelis have a positive attitude toward other Israelis. Three-fourths of Jews and slightly more than half of Arabs believe that Israelis can always depend on other Israelis to help them out in times of need. Despite the nonstop parade of controversies and crises that we tend to wallow in as a result of drama-filled news broadcasts and boisterous Knesset…
27/12/2016
Exploring the Jewish Spectrum in a Time of Fluid Identity
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Exploring the Jewish Spectrum in a Time of Fluid Identity

This year’s Dialogue Process marks the third year that JPPI has been building a structure for a systematic discourse on issues that are at the core of the collective interests of the Jewish people globally.
15/12/2016
By: Shmuel Rosner, Dr. John Ruskay
New JPPI Report: Jewish Community Undergoes Radial Change
Jewish Communities Worldwide

New JPPI Report: Jewish Community Undergoes Radial Change

A new report by the Jewish People Policy Institute “Exploring the Jewish Spectrum in a Time of Fluid Identity” analyzes the changing Jewish community and sets forth concerted recommendations which can serve as points of departure for leadership deliberation. Recommendations include that Jewish communal groups work to strengthen the sense of “Jewish Peoplehood” among individuals from mixed Jewish/non-Jewish families and…
29/11/2016
Jewish Communities Worldwide
Op-Ed: Why Anti-BDS Legislation is Important… But Ultimately Limited
Antisemitism

Op-Ed: Why Anti-BDS Legislation is Important… But Ultimately Limited

Only a week ago, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed a law that prevents his state from contracting with entities that boycott Israel and other US allies. Pennsylvania is the 16th state to pass such a law in the past year and a half. Having reviewed these various efforts for the Jewish People Policy Institute’s (JPPI) 2016 Annual Assessment of the…
16/11/2016
Antisemitism
Op-Ed: The Trump Win: Hoping for a Strong America to Advance a Peace Initiative
Peace Process

Op-Ed: The Trump Win: Hoping for a Strong America to Advance a Peace Initiative

The time to fill the champagne glasses will be when Israel is able to make the most of a trusted and friendly new administration to advance a peace initiative. After the US election the question on Israeli minds is how the results are likely to impact the triangular relationship: Jerusalem, Washington and the American Jewish community. Is there good reason…
10/11/2016
Peace Process

How To Prevent A Religious Civil War From Consuming Western Europe

This animosity has its roots in a dangerous lack of understanding of Islam and how it differs from Christianity’s view of the individual and the community. In recent years, we have watched as European governments have sought to restrict or completely prohibit practices perceived as contradicting national or liberal democratic values. The recent hubbub about the burkini is just another…
29/09/2016

Rosh Hashanah Resolution

Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, known collectively as the yamim nora’im are an opportunity for Jews around the world to unite in some serious soul-searching. In recent years, the world’s two largest Jewish communities, in Israel and the United States, have grown apart. There are many reasons: One major factor are the different processes Israeli society and American Jewish communities…
28/09/2016
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