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Why the Biblical Ruth Would Not Marry Boaz in the State of Israel

Why the Biblical Ruth Would Not Marry Boaz in the State of Israel

Israel never wanted to become Israeli: this is the tragic paradox of a nationalism that never dared to become one. What would it mean to become Israeli? It would mean for the state to let the diversity of definitions of Jewishness flourish and expand; it would mean building a common culture ample enough to become a meeting point for Jews and non-Jews. This would strengthen its democracy and, ironically, its Jewishness as well.
01/05/2024
By: Eva Illouz
The Struggle for Israeli Nature: Reshaping Judaism and Zionism Narratives

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.
01/05/2024
By: Netta Ahituv
Yisrael Aumann

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.
01/05/2024
By: Yisrael Aumann
The State of Israel – 75 Years, and What Next?

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.
01/05/2024
By: Ehud Olmert
A Jewish State Marked by Solidarity

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.
01/05/2024
By: Miron C. Izakson
Managing the Growing Challenges to Jewish Cohesion
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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.
30/04/2024
By: Dr. Shlomo Fischer, Dr. John Ruskay
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Voice of the Jewish People Survey – April 2024
Israel-Diaspora 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.
30/04/2024
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Arab Israelis: Six Months into the Gaza War
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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.
26/04/2024
Newsletter 18.4.24

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…
18/04/2024
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