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'''Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA)''' was founded in 1976 by Professor [[Daniel J. Elazar]], as "an independent, non-profit institute for policy research and education serving Israel and the Jewish people."  It has produced hundreds of studies by leading researchers on a variety of topics about and/or relevant to Jews and Israel.  Since 2000 it has focused its efforts on 'hasbara' activities, which it describes as "the need to present Israel's case in the wake of the renewed Palestinian violence", as well as "the return of anti-Semitism in the post-Holocaust period". JCPA maintains it has "developed and implemented an array of cutting-edge programs to present Israel's case to the world."  
 
'''Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA)''' was founded in 1976 by Professor [[Daniel J. Elazar]], as "an independent, non-profit institute for policy research and education serving Israel and the Jewish people."  It has produced hundreds of studies by leading researchers on a variety of topics about and/or relevant to Jews and Israel.  Since 2000 it has focused its efforts on 'hasbara' activities, which it describes as "the need to present Israel's case in the wake of the renewed Palestinian violence", as well as "the return of anti-Semitism in the post-Holocaust period". JCPA maintains it has "developed and implemented an array of cutting-edge programs to present Israel's case to the world."  
  
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JCPA is the parent body of the [[Institute for Contemporary Affairs]] and is affiliated with the [[Center for Jewish Community Studies]] in Baltimore, Maryland. The JCPA publishes a number of regular reports including Daily Alert, Jerusalem Viewpoints, Jerusalem Issue Briefs, [[NGO Monitor]], and Israel Campus Beat.  Other on-going programs include studies of Global Terrorism, Jerusalem in International Diplomacy, the Israeli Economy and Privatization, Jews and Religion in the American Public Square, Israel's Political System, and Water in Israel and the Region Toward the Year 2020. JCPA's president is former Israeli ambassador to the UN [[Dore Gold]].
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JCPA is the parent body of the [[Institute for Contemporary Affairs]] and is affiliated with the [[Center for Jewish Community Studies]] in Baltimore, Maryland. The JCPA publishes a number of regular reports including Daily Alert, Jerusalem Viewpoints, Jerusalem Issue Briefs, [[NGO Monitor]] (which is a "joint venture" of JCPA and co-founded with [[B'nai B'rith]],<ref name=ger>Gerald M. Steinberg, [http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp499.htm "MONITORING THE POLITICAL ROLE OF NGOs"], Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 1 June 2003, accessed on 13 December 2010</ref><ref name=more>JCPA, [http://www.jcpa.org/about-jun04.htm "About"], Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, accessed on 13 December 2010</ref>
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and Israel Campus Beat.  Other on-going programs include studies of Global Terrorism, Jerusalem in International Diplomacy, the Israeli Economy and Privatization, Jews and Religion in the American Public Square, Israel's Political System, and Water in Israel and the Region Toward the Year 2020. JCPA's president is former Israeli ambassador to the UN [[Dore Gold]].
  
 
JCPA shares its acronym with the similarly-named [[Jewish Council for Public Affairs]], a community relations agency that brings together 13 national and 125 local Jewish community relations council on domestic and international issues.
 
JCPA shares its acronym with the similarly-named [[Jewish Council for Public Affairs]], a community relations agency that brings together 13 national and 125 local Jewish community relations council on domestic and international issues.
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==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
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*[[Israel Campus Beat]]
 
*[[Israel Campus Beat]]
 
*[[NGO Monitor]]
 
*[[NGO Monitor]]
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*[[B'nai B'rith]] - NGO Monitor was a "joint venture" of JCPA's ICA and originally founded by B'nai B'rith and the [[Wechsler Family Foundation]]<ref name=ger>Gerald M. Steinberg, [http://www.jcpa.org/jl/vp499.htm "MONITORING THE POLITICAL ROLE OF NGOs"], Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 1 June 2003, accessed on 13 December 2010</ref><ref name=more>JCPA, [http://www.jcpa.org/about-jun04.htm "About"], Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, accessed on 13 December 2010</ref>
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research]]
 
*[[Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research]]
 
*[[Al Mezan Center for Human Rights]]
 
*[[Al Mezan Center for Human Rights]]
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==Funding==
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It received $30,000 from the [[Abstraction Fund]] in 2014. <ref> Abstraction Fund, 990 Form, 2014 </ref>
  
 
==People==
 
==People==
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===Who's Who at the Jerusalem Center (in alphabetical order)===
 
===Who's Who at the Jerusalem Center (in alphabetical order)===
  
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*Maj.-Gen. (res.) [[Yaakov Amidror]] - Program Director]], Institute for Contemporary Affairs
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*Maj.-Gen. (res.) [[Yaakov Amidror]] - Program Director, Institute for Contemporary Affairs
 
*[[Mark Ami-El]] - Director of Publications
 
*[[Mark Ami-El]] - Director of Publications
 
*[[Lenny Ben-David]] - Consultant]], Internet Publications
 
*[[Lenny Ben-David]] - Consultant]], Internet Publications
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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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[[Category:Israel Lobby]][[Category:Israeli Think Tanks]]

Latest revision as of 10:42, 30 September 2016

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) was founded in 1976 by Professor Daniel J. Elazar, as "an independent, non-profit institute for policy research and education serving Israel and the Jewish people." It has produced hundreds of studies by leading researchers on a variety of topics about and/or relevant to Jews and Israel. Since 2000 it has focused its efforts on 'hasbara' activities, which it describes as "the need to present Israel's case in the wake of the renewed Palestinian violence", as well as "the return of anti-Semitism in the post-Holocaust period". JCPA maintains it has "developed and implemented an array of cutting-edge programs to present Israel's case to the world."

JCPA is the parent body of the Institute for Contemporary Affairs and is affiliated with the Center for Jewish Community Studies in Baltimore, Maryland. The JCPA publishes a number of regular reports including Daily Alert, Jerusalem Viewpoints, Jerusalem Issue Briefs, NGO Monitor (which is a "joint venture" of JCPA and co-founded with B'nai B'rith,[1][2] and Israel Campus Beat. Other on-going programs include studies of Global Terrorism, Jerusalem in International Diplomacy, the Israeli Economy and Privatization, Jews and Religion in the American Public Square, Israel's Political System, and Water in Israel and the Region Toward the Year 2020. JCPA's president is former Israeli ambassador to the UN Dore Gold.

JCPA shares its acronym with the similarly-named Jewish Council for Public Affairs, a community relations agency that brings together 13 national and 125 local Jewish community relations council on domestic and international issues.

Affiliations

See also

Funding

It received $30,000 from the Abstraction Fund in 2014. [3]

People

Unless otherwise stated the source for all of the people listed here is the JCPA website.[4]

  • Ambassador Dore Gold - President of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
  • Professor Daniel J. Elazar, z"l - Founder of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs


Who's Who at the Jerusalem Center (in alphabetical order)

Administrative Personnel

Projects Director: Edna Weinstock-Gabay Institute for Contemporary Affairs Project Coordinator: Tzipi Senderov Post-Holocaust and Anti-Semitism Project Coordinator: Elisabeth Mayman Bookkeeper: Esther Zalis


Steering Committee of the Board of Fellows


Fellows

*** Member of Board of Directors


Board of Overseers

* Member of the Executive Committee
** Chairman of the Executive Committee

Associates

Writers

External link

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gerald M. Steinberg, "MONITORING THE POLITICAL ROLE OF NGOs", Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, 1 June 2003, accessed on 13 December 2010
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 JCPA, "About", Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, accessed on 13 December 2010
  3. ↑ Abstraction Fund, 990 Form, 2014
  4. ↑ Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Our Key People, Accessed, 12 September 2007
  5. ↑ Jerusalem Viewpoints, No. 523, 16-30 Tishrei 5765 / 1-15 October 2004, LESSONS FROM NORTHERN IRELAND FOR THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT Dean Godson
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