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The Struggle for Israeli Nature: Reshaping Judaism and Zionism Narratives

The Jewish intellectual world has yet to produce a leader of stature, comparable to the Pope, who might advocate for a change in our relationship with nature. During the 20th century, the Jewish people’s physical and spiritual survival was in jeopardy, leaving no physical or mental resources with which to address the earth’s survival.

Yisrael Aumann

Israel is a Jewish state because the vast majority of the people living in it are Jewish, because its public sphere is Jewish, because to a great extent private life is also Jewish, and because it is located in Eretz Israel, the national home of the Jewish people for thousands of years.

The State of Israel – 75 Years, and What Next?

The time has come to build our state rather than continuing to invest our economic and human resources in a land that is not ours, from which we will have to withdraw sooner or later – preferably sooner.

A Jewish State Marked by Solidarity

The “Jewish and democratic” pairing in any case represents what chemists would call a compound, not a mixture. Neither of these components should be discussed separately; each of the two foundational values should strive where possible to display that aspect of it that best “speaks” to its counterpart.
Israel-Diaspora Relations

Managing the Growing Challenges to Jewish Cohesion

JPPI’s 2023 Jewish World Dialogue examined the growing polarization and uncivil discourse within Israel and Jewish communities worldwide – especially in regard to Israeli government policies affecting religious pluralism in Israel, the balance of power between the Israeli judiciary and the other branches of government, and the administered/occupied territories (Judea and Samaria, aka the West Bank) post-l967.
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Israel Relations

Voice of the Jewish People Survey – April 2024

US Jews claim that discrimination against them has increased since the start of the Gaza war and think Washington is not supporting Israel strongly enough.
Israel Relations
JPPI Israeli Society Index

Arab Israelis: Six Months into the Gaza War

After six months of war, only 4% of Arab Israelis support continued Hamas rule in Gaza. 30% of Arab Israelis prefer international Arab state control in Gaza the day after the war. 24% prefer Palestinian Authority rule.
JPPI Israeli Society Index

Newsletter 18.4.24

Opening: Nine out of ten Jews will soon participate in a Seder, where the story of the Exodus from Egypt will be told – once again. The story of the liberation of an enslaved people, a universal story. This year it will take on a special meaning: the state of the Jewish people is fighting – once again – for…
Swords of Iron

Israel’s Intelligence Agencies and Military Need More Civilian Oversight

The failures of Israel’s intelligence community to learn of the coordinated Hamas assault on Oct. 7 and prevent it underscores the need for comprehensive reforms to Israel’s intelligence community.
Swords of Iron