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The financial crisis and demographic shifts are reshaping the Jewish community in ways we could hardly have imagined a generation ago. Historian and Brandeis University Professor Jonathan Sarna sheds light on what history can teach us about Jewish revival in uncertain times.
Published: 2009
Updated: Aug. 25, 2009
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At a recent meeting of Israel’s Cabinet, Jewish People Policy Planning Institute officials briefed the group on the JPPPI 2008 assessment, noting that at the beginning of 2009, the State of Israel and the Jewish People are facing a range of complex and severe challenges and threats. The report also contains a special section on Women in Jewish Society.
Published: 2009
Updated: Mar. 15, 2009
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The Board of Deputies of British Jews has published an in-depth report on the demography of Britain’s strictly Orthodox Haredi Jewish community which shows that nationally the strictly Orthodox population has been growing at a rate of about 4 per cent per year for the last two decades. Overall around 10% of Britain’s Jewish population is haredi, but among those who are under 18 years old, one third would be strictly Orthodox. A growth rate of even higher than 4 per cent may be expected in the future.
Published: 2008
Updated: Jul. 20, 2008
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In preparation for Facing Tomorrow - The Israeli Presidential Conference May, 2008, The Jewish People Policy Planning Institute (JPPPI) published a volume of background and policy documents. The volume contains documents dealing with geopolitics, Jewish identity, science, technology, medicine and global economics, which were meant to provide the participants with the primary tools for making the conference deliberations as efficient, productive and inspired as possible.
Published: 2008
Updated: Jul. 09, 2008
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Rona Hart, previous head of the Board of Deputies of British Jews Community Research Unit presented recent data on Jewish demography and renewal trends in Jewish education in the UK at a Seminar in Honor of Professor Naamah Tsabar-Ben Yehoshua at Tel Aviv University School of Education.
Published: 2007
Updated: Mar. 24, 2008