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How Much Should Jewish Law Control the Jewish State?

Since pre-state times, the founders and leaders of the State of Israel have been secular. As a result, the state is not run according to halacha or to a religious vision, but according to principles of modern Western law. This being the case, those who have a religious vision for the state have had to resort to religious politics. Judaism…
05/02/2018
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s landmark visit to India
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Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu’s landmark visit to India

This article was originally published in the Sunday Guardian, India   On January 14th, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in India, for a four-day state visit that will take him to Delhi, Gujarat, Prime Minister Modi’s home state and Mumbai. At the airport Modi gave him a royal welcome. No living Israel leader has done more to forge a…
23/01/2018
Asia

From Peoplehood to Brotherhood

On the one hand, Jews have never been stronger and more influential, and have never had a state with such power. On the other, in terms of maintaining Jewish identity and of the relations between the Jewish communities (and not in terms of physical threat, of course), it would seem to be the worst of times, at least in comparison…
23/01/2018

Israel: Crying or Laughing?

The Israeli discourse is full to the brim with harsh criticism about “the situation.” The background music to our public lives is a depressing dirge, an endless symphony of Israeli sorrow. With this in mind, the findings of the Israel Democracy Institute’s Democracy Index 2017, presented to the President of Israel, are astonishing. It turns out that when asked to…
20/12/2017
The Geopolitical Landscape – Growing Uncertainty in light of the Trump Presidency
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The Geopolitical Landscape – Growing Uncertainty in light of the Trump Presidency

Introduction
18/12/2017
By: Avi Gil
Middle East
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India’s Israel relations, the Middle East and China

India’s Israel relations, the Middle East and China   This article was originally published by SIGNAL (Sino-Israel Global Network & Academic Leadership) and appeared on the SIGNAL website: en.sino-israel.org
10/12/2017
Asia

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
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