Publications

Identity and Education

Israeli society must reclaim the Torah’s moral core

Violence, extremism, and division are distorting Torah values in parts of Israeli society and religious life.
Identity and Education
Geopolitics

The US-Israel alliance reached a military peak, but its political future is under threat

There’s no denying the historic trust and battlefield cooperation during the recent war with Iran. Yet future prospects for Washington’s support are bleak.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

Podcast: Is the Iran war destroying the ‘unbreakable’ US-Israel bind?

 Jacob Laznik talks with Yisrael Klitsner, JPPI fellow, former Diaspora Affairs Advisor to PM Bennett, about whether Israel can run an election in the middle of a two-front war, and whether the US-Israel bond survives the aftermath.
Geopolitics
Identity and Education

Remembering the Inimitable Abe Foxman

In the introduction to the book about the U.S. community I wrote about a decade and a half ago, a little story about Foxman appeared, which I thought was appropriate as a farewell to this man and to an era.
Identity and Education
Geopolitics

Europe’s Sanctions Are a Strategic Blow to the Settlement Enterprise – and to Israel

Israel must act with determination in convincing the European Union to cancel these detrimental sanctions.
Geopolitics
Identity and Education

Christianity Under Pressure? Israel’s Interfaith Crisis

Yaakov Katz spoke with JPPI senior fellow Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal about the growing strain on Jewish-Christian relations in Israel and the disappearance of meaningful interfaith dialogue from Israeli society.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education

What does it mean for a teacher to lose a student?

Those no longer here with us were part of the future we believed in. Their absence changes that
Identity and Education

JPPI Israeli Society Index – May 2026: Support for a Commission of Inquiry, Disagreement over its Composition

An overwhelming majority of Israelis denounce vandalizing religious symbols: Nine in ten think the soldier who smashed the crucifix in Lebanon was wrong.
Jewish Communities Worldwide

New York: Diaspora or Galut?

The Jews in the United States are no longer regarded as a persecuted people “who made it,” but rather as white oppressors whose wealth and standing came at the expense of others.
Jewish Communities Worldwide
Geopolitics

Study: EU’s negative statements about Israel increased post-October 7

The European Union’s rhetoric towards Israel has become significantly more critical since October 7, study finds, with more criticism directed towards the Jewish state than any other country except Iran.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

The Reagan lesson for Iran: Defeat the regime, defuse the bomb

Reagan’s Cold War statecraft offers lessons for confronting Iran’s regime and nuclear ambitions.
Geopolitics
Antisemitism

Are Americans Finally Ready to Denounce Violence — Left, Right and Jihadist?

Amid so much media noise, with social media creating Algorithmic Radicals, spiraling deeper and deeper into violence-inducing echo chambers, many believe the shriller the better. But words matter – and tone matters too.
Antisemitism
Identity and Education

Israeli society must reclaim the Torah’s moral core

Violence, extremism, and division are distorting Torah values in parts of Israeli society and religious life.
Identity and Education
Geopolitics

The US-Israel alliance reached a military peak, but its political future is under threat

There’s no denying the historic trust and battlefield cooperation during the recent war with Iran. Yet future prospects for Washington’s support are bleak.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

Podcast: Is the Iran war destroying the ‘unbreakable’ US-Israel bind?

 Jacob Laznik talks with Yisrael Klitsner, JPPI fellow, former Diaspora Affairs Advisor to PM Bennett, about whether Israel can run an election in the middle of a two-front war, and whether the US-Israel bond survives the aftermath.
Geopolitics

Newsletter 15.5.26

Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion shaped Israel's security doctrine in the face of physical threats in the regional arena. Today, a new, particularly potent threat has emerged – a cognitive threat – which is being waged on the global stage....
Identity and Education

Remembering the Inimitable Abe Foxman

In the introduction to the book about the U.S. community I wrote about a decade and a half ago, a little story about Foxman appeared, which I thought was appropriate as a farewell to this man and to an era.
Identity and Education
Identity and Education

Christianity Under Pressure? Israel’s Interfaith Crisis

Yaakov Katz spoke with JPPI senior fellow Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal about the growing strain on Jewish-Christian relations in Israel and the disappearance of meaningful interfaith dialogue from Israeli society.
Identity and Education
Geopolitics

A War of Consciousness

National security depends not only on victories in Bint Jbeil or Rafah, but also on the battlefields of consciousness in Washington, Berlin, and Paris.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

Europe’s Sanctions Are a Strategic Blow to the Settlement Enterprise – and to Israel

Israel must act with determination in convincing the European Union to cancel these detrimental sanctions.
Geopolitics
Identity and Education

What does it mean for a teacher to lose a student?

Those no longer here with us were part of the future we believed in. Their absence changes that
Identity and Education

Video Library

Tamar Ish Shalom in conversation with Shmuel Rosner
Tamar Ish Shalom in conversation with Shmuel Rosner

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