Jewish People Policy Institute
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, was the chairman of its board.
People
Board of Directors
- Dennis Ross - former chairman of the board, who sits on Obama's National Security Council
- Stuart Eizenstat - current chairman of the board of directors,
- Irwin Cotler - board member
- Leonid Nevzlin
- Sami Friedrich
- Dan Halperin
- David Hatchwell Altaras
- Stephen H. Hoffman
- Alan Hoffmann
- Rabbi Vernon Kurtz
- Morlie Levin
- Glen Lewy
- Judit Bokser Liwerant
- Isaac Molho
- Steven B. Nasatir
- Avi Pazner
- Jehuda Reinharz
- John Ruskay
- Doron Shorrer
- Gerrald Silverman - Gerrald (Jerry) Silverman
- Ted Sokolsky
- Alan Solow - former chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organisations
- Michael H. Steinhardt - co-founder of Birthright Israel
- Aharon Yadlin
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.[1].
- Prof. Suzanne Last Stone, Academic Counselor - also a Senior Fellow at the Shalem Center and Designated Chair, Department of Liberal Studies, at Shalem College[2]
- Ita Alcalay, Project Manager - previously worked at the Finance Minister's Bureau and the Foreign Ministry.[3]
- 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'[4]
- 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.[5][6]
- Dov Maimon, Senior Fellow - working on a 'Grand Strategy of the Jewish People toward Islam' and leads the Institute's activities in Europe.[7]
- Prof. Steven Popper, Senior Fellow - is 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'.[8]
- Dr. Shalom Salomon Wald
- Jonathan D. Sarna
- Dr. Shlomo Fischer
- Shmuel Rosner
- Antony Korenstein
- Inbal Hakman
- Arielle Kandel
- Dr. Gedaliah Afterman
- Rami Tal
- Nadia Ellis
- Prof. Yehezkel Dror
- Rabbi Dr. Yehudah Mirsky
- Yogev Karasenty
- General Aharon Ze'evi Farkash
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
- ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Avinoam Bar-Yosef, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
- ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Prof. Suzanne Last Stone], JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
- ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Ita Alcalay, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
- ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Ambassador Avi Gil, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
- ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Brig. Gen. (Res.) Michael Herzog, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
- ↑ The Middle East Security Agenda: An Israeli Assessment, WINEP, accessed 10 August 2012
- ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Dr. Dov Maimon, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
- ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Prof. Steven W. Popper, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
