Jewish People Policy Institute

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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

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 - 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, 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'.[9]
  • Jonathan D. Sarna, Senior Fellow - Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University.[10]
  • 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.[11]
  • 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.[12]
  • Antony Korenstein, Fellow - formerly of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC).[13]
  • 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.[14]
  • 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.[15]
  • 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.[16]
  • Rami Tal, Publications Editor - former news editor and Washington correspondent at Yediot Acharonot newspaper.[17]
  • 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

  1. ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Avinoam Bar-Yosef, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  2. ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Prof. Suzanne Last Stone], JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  3. ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Ita Alcalay, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  4. ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Ambassador Avi Gil, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  5. ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Brig. Gen. (Res.) Michael Herzog, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  6. ↑ The Middle East Security Agenda: An Israeli Assessment, WINEP, accessed 10 August 2012
  7. ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Dr. Dov Maimon, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  8. ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Prof. Steven W. Popper, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  9. ↑ Dr. Shalom Salomon Wald, JPPI, 10 August 2012
  10. ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Prof. Jonathan D. Sarna, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  11. ↑ - The Team Behind JPPI - Dr. Shlomo Fischer, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  12. ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Shmuel Rosner, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  13. ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Antony Korenstein, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  14. ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Inbal Hakman, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  15. ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Arielle Kandel, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  16. ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Dr. Gedaliah Afterman, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
  17. ↑ The Team Behind JPPI - Rami Tal, JPPI, accessed 10 August 2012
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