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Middle East
Middle East
A Permanent Agreement: The Jewish Dimension
Will a peace agreement affect Jewish-Muslim relations? Can Jewish- Muslim dialogue aid political reconciliation? Is the Jewish Diaspora entitled to be involved in the decisions concerning the permanent peace agreement? All these issues and more were discussed at JPPI’s 2010 Conference on the Future of the Jewish People, held October 20-22 in Jerusalem. This paper summarizes the main ideas raised in discussions and offers some policy recommendations.
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Conversion: After the Dialogue and the Crisis
What are the main points of contention and controversy with respect to conversion? What does the existing situation look like, and what are its practical implications? All these issues were discussed at JPPI’s 2010 Conference on the Future of the Jewish People, held October 20-22 in Jerusalem. This paper summarizes the main ideas raised in discussions and offers some policy…
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Debating Religion and State and “Distancing”
The debate concerning the erosion of the feeling of closeness of young Jewish Americans toward Israel has been going on for several years, and it appears that it will keep researchers busy in the foreseeable as well. One of the main reasons for this gap, according to JPPI fellow Shmuel Rosner, lies in the question of the relationship between religion and state in Israel. This article, in slightly different form, is part of JPPI’s 2010 Annual Assessment, to be published soon.
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Who Needs Denominations?
To some American Jewish religious denominational structure seems obsolete and a handicap, while to others it’s still vital and necessary. Both views may be right. To read more click here.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics
Op-Ed: Israel Is a Victim of Turkey’s Transformation
Let’s not fool ourselves. The Turkish firefighting planes did not douse the flames that continue to scorch Turkish-Israeli relations. Even if a formula is found that would satisfy Turkey’s demand for both an apology from Israel and compensation for casualties of the Gaza flotilla incident, we will still be facing Turkish policy that is fundamentally problematic.
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Background: Conversion, Between Crisis and Dialogue
In the practical world it is clear that tinkering with the entrance conditions results in an inverse proportion between the quantity and quality of converted Jews. This does not need to be resolved unequivocally in favor of “as many as possible” or ” as few as possible,” but it needs to be addressed with it as it a”ects every individual…
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Background: Rethinking Israel-Diaspora Relations
This paper is seeks to trace basic avenues of thought and suggest policy-relevant directions that will reframe the issue, as demanded by the imperative of our times. Click here to read the full paper.
Antisemitism
Antisemitism
Op-Ed: Debasing a Foundational Idea
There are issues in the life of a nation and a country that must not be turned into pawns in an internal political game and must not be cashed into tactical coins. One of them, if not the foremost among them, is the foundational idea of the State of Israel, the unique nation-state of the Jewish people, which practices the…
Antisemitism
Antisemitism
Mega-Trends and the Jewish People
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…