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Are Judges Objective?

Is a judge’s identity relevant to the verdicts and rulings she hands down? Some believe that the judicial task is objective by its very nature, neutral and quasi-scientific. In their view, judges are professionals who have no personal preferences; it is their legal expertise that determines the outcome, and not their identity. Just as compliance with the rules of the…
30/11/2017
Jerusalem and the Jewish People: Unity and Division
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Jerusalem and the Jewish People: Unity and Division

JPPI’s 2017 Structured Jewish World Dialogue   Jerusalem and the Jewish People: Unity and Division   Project Heads: Shmuel Rosner and John Ruskay Contributors: Noah Slepkov and Chaya Ekstein Editors: Rami Tal and Barry Geltman
08/11/2017
By: Shmuel Rosner, Dr. John Ruskay, Noah Slepkov

Harmful Revolution: The Nation-State Bill’s Assault on Equality

The Declaration of Independence, Israel’s founding document, states that the country is a “Jewish state.” This is not merely a description of a demographic reality, but a fundamental assertion of identity: a state which expresses the unique characteristics of the Jewish people. Indeed, a Jewish demographic majority exists in both Brooklyn and Beverly Hills, but the Jews in those cities…
19/10/2017

Religion Can Be the Bridge Linking Jews and Muslims

Judaism and Islam are sister religions with many similarities. Nevertheless, the prevailing belief among members of both faiths is that an abyss separates them, and politically, they view one another as a threat. Yet the overlaps between the religions, coupled with the positive attitudes toward religion in general on both sides, can be transformed into a bridge. Jewish familiarity with…
15/10/2017

Religion and State in Israel: Charting a New Course for 5778

The past year has brought into even greater focus the disputes that bitterly divide the Israeli public on questions of religion and state. There were dramatic events related to all major issues, some of which threatened, and continue to threaten, the government coalition, and all of which threatened the integrity of Israeli society and the Jewish People as a whole.…
28/09/2017

This Yom Kippur, Let’s Turn Down the Volume

A Jew who lives in Israel and lets Yom Kippur go by like just another ordinary day is missing something very significant. A country that comes to a standstill for one day but doesn’t derive anything significant out of it misses out. On a personal level, Yom Kippur, in the simplest sense, invites introspection. On a national level, it provides…
27/09/2017
Memories of an Anti-Semitic State Department
Geopolitics

Memories of an Anti-Semitic State Department

This article was originally published by the New York Times The former C.I.A. officer Valerie Plame Wilson made news with her Twitter account last week when, on the first day of Rosh Hashana, she shared an article that said, “America’s Jews are driving America’s wars: Shouldn’t they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?” The article, which appeared on…
26/09/2017
Geopolitics

Is the Chief Rabbinate’s Monopoly on Kashrut Over?

Earlier this week the High Court of Justice ended the Chief Rabbinate’s kashrut monopoly. Thus one era in kashrut services ends and a new one begins – in which the kashrut industry will operate freely, without supervision. The court’s decision was about kashrut, but its significance is much broader. The court’s ruling weakens the Chief Rabbinate, and brings the State of Israel…
17/09/2017
2017 Annual Assessment

2017 Annual Assessment

Annual Assessment 2017 5777 PROJECT HEAD Dr. Shlomo Fischer CONTRIBUTORS Avinoam Bar-Yosef, Chaya Ekstein, Dan Feferman, Matthew Gerson Avi Gil, Inbal Hakman, Yossi Chen, Michael Herzog, Dov Maimon, Gitit Paz-Levi, Steven Popper, Uzi Rebhun, Shmuel Rosner, John Ruskay, Noah Slepkov, Shalom Salomon Wald EDITORS Barry Geltman Rami Tal Download the PDF Version:
02/09/2017
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