Publications

The year 2030 is not exactly around the corner, but it is the time horizon we need
to look at when it comes to strategic thinking and policy planning for the Jewish
People and the thriving of the Jewish civilization. It is not accidental that this project
was one of the first to be initiated when JPPPI was founded in 2003. Together with
the Institute's Annual Assessments and other strategic papers, it may serve as a base
for future planning --for us, the State of Israel and Jewish organiza

The Muslim world’s hostility towards Israel and the Jewish People has intensified in
the last quarter century. This hostility, which some have called ‘Muslim anti-Semitism,’
is even prevalent in Egypt and Jordan, both of which have signed peace agreements
with Israel. Among the mega-trends affecting the world at large, including Israel
and the Jewish People, the rise in the power of radical Islam has a substantial global
impact. Fears with respect to the rising power of the Muslim Brotherho

2009 has seen great challenges facing the Jewish People and the Jewish
future. In the Diaspora, there is rampant disaffiliation, with increased
intermarriage rates, with low rates of conversion by the non-Jewish spouse,
and low birth rates. Jewish assimilation into the mainstream of American life
is a challenge to Jewish identity. Among many young Jews, ties to Israel are
tenuous.

This year’s assessment — the fifth annual assessment — follows in the footsteps of its
predecessors. Its overview of the preceding year in terms of geo-political, economic, social,
and political developments internationally and in the Diaspora and in Israel is well done
and insightful. Not surprisingly, it addresses the growth of Iranian leverage in the Middle
East, the divisions among Palestinians, the prospective American drawdown in Iraq, the
uncertainties among Arab regimes — and larger