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Jewish People Policy Institute
Founded in 2002

The Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI) is a think-tank whose mission is to contribute to the
thriving of the Jewish People and Jewish civilization globally by engaging in professional strategic
thinking and planning on issues of primary concern to world Jewry. JPPI’s activities are action-
oriented, placing special emphasis on identifying critical options, analyzing their potential impact on
the future, and presenting policy recommendations and operative priorities.

JPPI provides professionals, decision-makers, and global leaders:
* Overviews and analyses of situations and processes
* Alerts to emerging threats and opportunities
* Assessments of important current events and anticipated developments
* Strategic action options and innovative alternatives
* Policy options analysis
* Agenda setting, policy recommendations, and work-plan design

JPPI enjoys complete professional independence. It operates under the guidance of a board of
directors made up of experienced policy planning professionals, headed by Ambassadors Stuart
Eizenstat and Dennis Ross, both former high-level American government officials.

In 2018, JPPI released five main publications, each reflecting a culmination or inflection point in
regard to specific Institute projects or areas of primary focus. The publication covers pictured above
link to the full reports.

• Rising Streams: Reform and Conservative Judaism in Israel (in English and Hebrew
editions), the first ever comprehensive analysis of Israel’s non-Orthodox community, its
organizational structures, institutions, leaders, and membership. This was under the
auspices of the William Davidson Foundation supported pluralism project.
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• On the eve of Rosh Hashana, JPPI published its 15 Annual Assessment of the Situation
and Dynamics of the Jewish People (In English and Hebrew editions). The 2018 report,
The Jewish State at 70, includes an integrated net assessment and dashboard of gauges
for five primary dimensions of Jewish well-being: Geopolitics; Community Bonds; Identity
and Identification; Demography; and Jewish People Assets and Resources. JPPI is currently
working to develop the parameters for a sixth dimension on Jewish Literacy, Creativity, and
Innovation. JPPI offers policy directions for both the State of Israel and Diaspora
communities. In addition, the 2018 Assessment included, among others, special chapters
on Israeli-Diaspora Bonds, The Jewish State in the American Arts, and Israel’s Nation State
Legislation.
• An executive summary of the Annual Assessment was presented to the Prime Minister and
full Israeli Cabinet by JPPI’s Co-Chairmen Ambs. Dennis Ross and Stuart Eizenstat and its
President and Founding Director Avinoam Bar-Yosef, on June 24, 2018. JPPI is the only
think tank that is invited to give these annual briefings to the Government of Israel and have
been doing so since the late Ariel Sharon’s administration (2004).
• In late spring, JPPI published its report on its fifth-annual Structured Jewish World Dialogue:
70 Years of Israel-Diaspora Relations: The Next Generation (In Hebrew and English

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