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In August 2012 it listed its areas of interest as:
 
In August 2012 it listed its areas of interest as:

Revision as of 15:36, 10 August 2012

Jewish People Policy Planning Institute is a think tank established by the Jewish Agency, based in Jerusalem.

Dennis Ross, who serves on Obama's National Security Council, is co-chairman of its board.

Activities

According to its website JPPI’s activities are ‘action-oriented, placing special emphasis on identifying critical options and analyzing their potential impact on the future’.

It develops ‘professional strategic and long-term policy perspectives’ on what it considers to be ‘key factors that may endanger or enhance the future of the Jewish People’. It provides professionals, decision makers and global leaders with:

  • Surveys and analyses of key situations and dynamics
  • “Alerts” to emerging opportunities and threats
  • Assessment of important current events and anticipated developments
  • Strategic action options and innovative alternatives
  • Policy option analysis
  • Agenda setting, policy recommendations and work plan design[1]

In August 2012 it listed its areas of interest as:

  • Geopolitics
  • Israel-Diaspora Relations
  • American Jews
  • European Jewry
  • Islam & the Arab world
  • De-Legitimization

People

Board of Directors

Fellows

  • Avinoam Bar-Yosef, President and Founding Director - previously of Ma'ariv newspaper and Senior Advisor to the Chair of the Jewish Agency Sallai Meridor.[4].
  • Prof. Yehezkel Dror, Founding President - Professor of Political Science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a member of the Club of Rome, he served as a senior staff member of the RAND Corporation, Senior Advisor in the Offices of Israeli Prime Ministers and Ministers of Defense; Fellow at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study and Science Center; and senior professor at the European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht.[5]
  • General Aharon Ze'evi Farkash, Former President - previously head of Aman, Israel's military intelligence agency. He is also Chairman of Public Management of the Ben Yakir Youth Village, as well as an active member of the Ghetto Fighters’ House Friends.[6]
  • Prof. Suzanne Last Stone, Academic Counselor - also a Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center and Designated Chair, Department of Liberal Studies, at Shalem College[7]
  • Ita Alcalay, Project Manager - previously worked at the Finance Minister's Bureau and the Foreign Ministry.[8]
  • Ambassador Avi Gil, Senior Fellow - formerly Director General of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Director-General of the Peres Center for Peace; the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, Media Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and was involved in negotiations that led to the Oslo Accords and the peace treaty with Jordan. Also a 'close advisor to President Shimon Peres'[9]
  • Brig. Gen. (Res.) Michael Herzog, Senior Fellow - heads JPPI's confronting de-legitimization project. Former head of the IDF's strategic planning division, held senior positions in the office of Israel's minister of defense and was the chief of staff of Minister Ehud Barak. Son of Chaim Herzog, former president of Israel, he is also the Milton Fine International [Military] Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.[10][11]
  • Dov Maimon, Senior Fellow - working on a 'Grand Strategy of the Jewish People toward Islam' and leads the Institute's activities in Europe.[12]
  • Prof. Steven Popper, Senior Fellow - a Senior Economist at the RAND Corporation and Professor of Science and Technology Policy in the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He is also director of RAND's Israel Initiative. He has carried out research for the OECD, the World Bank, several non-US governments and the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, including 'evaluations of federal R&D portfolios relevant to the Global War on Terror'.[13]
  • Dr. Shalom Salomon Wald, Senior Fellow - worked at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) between 1964 and 2001 and was Head of the OECD/DSTI Biotechnology Unit. Joined JPPI in 2002 and worked on Jewish/Israeli relations with China, among other topics. Currently studying 'India-Israel-Jewish People links'.[14]
  • Jonathan D. Sarna, Senior Fellow - Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University.[15]
  • Dr. Shlomo Fischer, Fellow - sociologist at Hebrew University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Also a research fellow at the Van Leer Institute. He has published extensively on radical religious Zionism and the West Bank settlers as well as on the Shas movement.[16]
  • Shmuel Rosner, Fellow - author, columnist and Senior Political Editor for the Jewish Journal, writes weekly for The International Herald Tribune, New York Times and for Israel’s Maariv Daily. Previously a columnist for The Jerusalem Post, and Chief U.S. Correspondent for Haaretz. Has also written for Foreign Policy and Commentary.[17]
  • Antony Korenstein, Fellow - formerly of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC).[18]
  • Inbal Hakman, Fellow - Ph.D. student at the Federmann School of Public Policy and Government, at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and teaching assistant at the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy.[19]
  • Arielle Kandel, Fellow - Joined JPPI in 2012, works on the research project led by Dr. Solomon Wald focused on relations between India, Israel and the Jewish people.[20]
  • Dr. Gedaliah Afterman, Fellow - former policy analyst for the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC) in Melbourne, Political Correspondent for the Australian Jewish News and has worked for the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.[21]
  • Rami Tal, Publications Editor - former news editor and Washington correspondent at Yediot Acharonot newspaper.[22]
  • Nadia Ellis, Associate Fellow - Works on JPPI's delegitimization of Israel project, especially on university campuses and writing a Ph.D. about the use of the word 'delegitimization' in political discourse at Tel Aviv University.[23]
  • Rabbi Dr. Yehudah Mirsky, Fellow - worked as an aide to Senators Bob Kerrey and Al Gore and served in the Clinton Administration as a Presidential appointee in the US State Department's human rights bureau. Has written on politics, culture and religion for The Economist, New Republic, Washington Post and many other publications. Also a fellow of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.[24]
  • Yogev Karasenty, Fellow - founder and board member of 'several initiatives aiming to promote Israel Diaspora discourse' lecturer on Jewish sociological and demographical trends. Co-writer of the new paradigm for Israel Diaspora relationships (commissioned by the Israeli Government).[25]

Contact

  • Address: Givat Ram Campus, Hebrew University, P.O.Box 39156, Jerusalem 91391
  • Tel: 972-2-5633356
  • Fax: 972-2-5635040
  • Website: http://jppi.org.il
  • Email: info@jppi.org.il

Notes

  1. About, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  2. The Team Behind JPPI - Ambassador Dennis Ross, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  3. The Team Behind JPPI - Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  4. The Team Behind JPPI - Avinoam Bar-Yosef, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  5. The Team Behind JPPI - Prof. Yehezkel Dror, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  6. The Team Behind JPPI - General Aharon Ze'evi Farkash, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  7. The Team Behind JPPI - Prof. Suzanne Last Stone], JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  8. The Team Behind JPPI - Ita Alcalay, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  9. The Team Behind JPPI - Ambassador Avi Gil, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  10. The Team Behind JPPI - Brig. Gen. (Res.) Michael Herzog, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  11. The Middle East Security Agenda: An Israeli Assessment, WINEP, accessed 10 August 2012
  12. The Team Behind JPPI - Dr. Dov Maimon, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  13. The Team Behind JPPI - Prof. Steven W. Popper, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  14. Dr. Shalom Salomon Wald, JPPI, 10 August 2012
  15. The Team Behind JPPI - Prof. Jonathan D. Sarna, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  16. - The Team Behind JPPI - Dr. Shlomo Fischer, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  17. The Team Behind JPPI - Shmuel Rosner, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  18. The Team Behind JPPI - Antony Korenstein, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  19. The Team Behind JPPI - Inbal Hakman, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  20. The Team Behind JPPI - Arielle Kandel, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  21. The Team Behind JPPI - Dr. Gedaliah Afterman, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  22. The Team Behind JPPI - Rami Tal, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  23. The Team Behind JPPI - Nadia Ellis, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  24. The Team Behind JPPI - Rabbi Dr. Yehudah Mirsky, JPPI, accessed 1- August 2012
  25. The Team Behind JPPI - Yogev Karasenty, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012