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The Sheikh Jarrah Affair

The Strategic Implication of Jewish Settlement in an Arab Neighborhood in East Jerusalem

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Get to Know a Bit About Israel's Mixed Cities

25% of the total Arab population of Israel lives in diversified cities, composited of Jews, Muslims, and Christians

25% of the total Arab population of Israel lives in diversified cities, composited…

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Shared Spaces in Jerusalem - Discussion Summary

The influence of prolonged conflict on the nature of encounters - psychological and sociological factors behind different identities of the local groups

The influence of prolonged conflict on the nature of encounters

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Read and Get to Know: The Jerusalem Institute's Blog Posts About the Coronavirus

Policy Measures for Employment; Trust and Compliance; Bike Lanes Makeover; Mortality Rates

Policy Measures for Employment; Bike Lanes Makeover; Mortality Rates

Glad to Announce the Appointment Of Ehud Prawer as Head of the Society and Populations Team

Prawer is starting his role these days, following a long and distinguished career in public service.

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Our Projects

The Jerusalem Database

Reliable, up-to-date, and relevant statistical data are the foundation of policy. The Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research has a broad database that it makes accessible to policy makers and the…

Shared Spaces in Jerusalem

Recognizing that Jerusalem is a mixed city means thinking about and taking care of the varied needs of all groups and also requires thinking about the shared spaces. Shared spaces…

Fellows Programs

The Milken Innovation Center of the Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research operates several popular Israeli and global fellows programs: The Milken Fellows Program: This is the leading fellowship program in…

Establishing a Socio-economic Policy for the Development of East Jerusalem

A lack of organized material exists pertaining to East Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research acts out of a desire to promote a knowledge-based social-economic, municipal, and political strategy…

Mapping East Jerusalem Neighborhoods

East Jerusalem neighborhoods are for the most part ‘terra incognita’ for the general public and also for the governmental authorities. This holds, despite the fact that both municipal and national…

Ultra-orthodox High Schools (Yeshivas)

The participation of ultra-Orthodox men in employment and higher education in Israel has been growing continuously for over a decade. These significant processes in ultra-Orthodox society point to a growing…

Christians and Christianity in Jerusalem and the State of Israel

The establishment of the State of Israel in 1948 posed a “complex theological challenge” to the churches and the Christian world: how should the Christian world refer to the Jewish…

The Gov. City

This research aims to present decision makers with economic and other advantages implicit in turning Jerusalem into an active and successful government city. What is a successful government city? A…

Urban Sustainability

The Urban Sustainability Project aimed to outline recommendations for policy and action in order to achieve sustainability through a change in the urban lifestyle. The project chose to focus on…

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Peace Process

Since its establishment, the Jerusalem Institute has dealt with the issue of Jerusalem’s geo-political future. We thought that regarding the most intractable disagreement between Israel and its neighbors, the voice…

Holy Sites

Conflicts over holy sites have a complex, and essentially different nature than other territorial conflicts. This understanding has been gradually increasing among researchers in the past twenty years. A holy…

Environmental Policy and Tools for Implementation

Environmental policy has evolved in Israel as elsewhere around the world since the 1970s with increasing awareness and concern about pollution, wastes, public health and ecological habitats. The Jerusalem Institute,…

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Discussion Day on the Subject of Government Decision 3790

Photo by: Yossi Zamir, Shatil Stock. The Jerusalem Institute for Policy Research held its annual discussion day and presented the latest research on Government Decision 3790 (Reducing Social and Economic Disparities and Advancing Economic Development in East Jerusalem). Three studies, carried out i...

24 November

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Managing the Realities of COVID-19 in East Jerusalem

Managing the Realities of COVID-19 in East Jerusalem: From Successes in Times of Crisis to Routine Work Procedures Round table summary The El-Basha’er Program for Excellence: An Infrastructure for Developing Community Leadership in East Jerusalem The round-table discussed the ways that the El-Basha...

Publications

Jerusalem: Facts and Trends 2021– at a Glimpse

Pub No. 564

2021 | Authors: Michal Korach, Dr. Maya Choshen...

‘Jerusalem: Facts and Trends – at a Glimpse’ provides an up-to-date picture of Jerusalem across a wide range of topics, including population, employment, education, building, and...

Islam, Jews and the Temple Mount: The Rock of Our/Their Existence

2020 | Authors: Prof. Yitzhak Reiter, Dvir Dimant...

This study presents the first comprehensive survey of the abundant early Islamic sources that recognize the historical Jewish bond to the Temple Mount (Masjid al-Aqsa) and Jerusalem. Analyzi...

Keeping Our (Social) Distance?

Pub No. 558

2021 | Authors: Dr. Marik Shtern, Hani Vayzer...

Keeping Our (Social) Distance? The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Relationships between the Various Groups in Jerusalem The COVID-19 pandemic hit Jerusalem hard, deeply affecting the Ha...

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