General Articles

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 paper aims at mapping the perceptional structure of various expected trends regarding the future of world Jewry in the course of the next two decades. In the framework of the Jewish Futures 2030 Project a questionnaire was jointly developed by the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute in Jerusalem with the Center for Technological Forecasting at Tel Aviv University. 129 respondents chosen from among experts of Jewish affairs were asked to assess the expected future course of 32 items from

In the light of current Jewish population trends in Israel and in the
Diaspora, policy analyses and operational suggestions are urgently needed
by decision-makers concerned with the facts, outlook and emerging
challenges. In this paper we review some of the main relationships between
major determinants and major consequences of demographic processes
affecting contemporary Jewry. In addition we outline some mechanisms of
action aimed at strengthening Jewish identification, and try to design